Corruption accused Bongani Bongo to step aside as MP and NEC member

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Corruption accused Bongani Bongo to step aside as MP and NEC member
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The ANC MP will take a leave of absence from his position in parliament and the national executive committee ahead of his corruption trial

ANC MP Bongani Bongo has been charged with corruption and will take a leave of absence from his official positions. Picture: GALLO IMAGES/DAILY SUN/LINDILE MBONTSI

The decision is part of the outcomes of the special ANC NEC meeting to be announced by the party’s top officials on Monday afternoon. The former state security minister and now chair of the parliamentary committee on home affairs, Bongo is facing a charge of corruption in relation to an allegation that he offered a bribe to Ntuthuzelo Vanara, the evidence leader of the parliamentary inquiry into the capture of Eskom by the Guptas.

Bongo has denied the allegation and has previously accused public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan of orchestrating the case against him. Before that he had blamed former National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete and then ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu of being behind the allegations, claiming they were jealous of his ministerial appointment.Insiders have confirmed that the NEC decided that all ANC members facing charges of corruption should step aside from state and party positions.

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