Deputy President David Mabuza defended the ANC and its members in the Cabinet when they were accused of failing the country while advancing their interests
.Several high-ranking officials of the party have been implicated in corrupt activities involving millions of rands, with few facing the music.
"This is a phenomenon. Corruption and fraud must be wiped out of our vocabulary. It must not happen. Corruption and fraud know no colour." DA parliamentary chief whip Siviwe Gwarube accused the ANC leadership of protecting corrupt officials. Mabuza also defended Cabinet ministers who had failed to appear before various parliamentary committees and instead sent their deputies.
Last week, minister of tourism Lindiwe Sisulu was accused of failing to appear before the portfolio committee on tourism to account.In the statement responding to the committee’s decision to invoke a legal route, Sisulu said she viewed the developments as"unfortunate and unnecessary". Responding to the question of service delivery, Mabuza said political in-fighting in municipalities had destabilised and denied the society basic service delivery.
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