In a media briefing at Luthuli House on Sunday, ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula said that the party received a security assessment and identified security concerns.
JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress has postponed the disciplinary hearing of former president Jacob Zuma over security concerns.Zuma was suspended from the ANC in January for bringing the party into disrepute after he announced that he would be campaigning and voting for the uMkhonto weSizwe Party.
"It was in this context that the NDC was requested to be mindful of these concerns and consider holding in abeyance any disciplinary proceedings that require in-person meetings at Luthuli house until after the 2024 elections." The ANC has postponed the disciplinary hearing of its suspended member, Jacob Zuma until after the elections.Mbalula explained that the decision was taken following a security assessment which found there was a potential for clashes between the party’s supporters and those of uMkhonto weSizwe.
The MK party had already begun mobilising its supporters to show up outside Luthuli house offices on Tuesday, where their leader was due to appear. Mbalula said he could not disclose who conducted the security assessment, however, the safety of ANC and MK party supporters was taken into consideration.“We do not want something that happened in the past like when the DA came here and then there was violence. It was minimal and this one can be big so we have stopped it... so the ANC disciplinary processes are internal processes."
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