Sandu contemplates criminally charging deputy defence minister
The SA National Defence Union is concerned about Kebby Maphatsoe’s involvement with ‘battle-ready’ protestors at the ANC’s Luthuli House on Friday
The South African National Defence Union (Sandu) is contemplating criminally charging deputy defence minister Kebby Maphatsoe. The union‚ which will announce its decision on Friday after a meeting of its national executive committee (NEC)‚ is concerned about Maphatsoe and his involvement in the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Military Veterans Association’s intention to defend the ANC’s Luthuli House in Johannesburg. Hundreds of MK veterans are set to descend on Johannesburg on Friday in response to thousands of protesters who will gather in the city to call for the ousting of President Jacob Zuma. Maphatsoe is also the MK veterans’ national chairman. Anti-Zuma protesters originally planned to march on Luthuli House until police informed them their safety could not be guaranteed. The march is now scheduled to end in Mary Fitzgerald Square. Country-wide protests are set for Friday as pressure continues to mount on Zuma over his axing of former finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy Mc...
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