DISCIPLINARY ACTION LOOMS
BEN TUROK: Principled Khoza walks a lonely path in ruling party
Spare a thought for Makhosi Khoza. She faces a lonely road of isolation bolstered by the knowledge that she has chosen the path of principle, not expediency. We must admire her courage in staying with her demand that President Jacob Zuma step down. She will be encouraged by the media interest. And from her fellow ANC MPs, she will get many a warm smile, but few will be bold enough to say, "Comrade, I agree with you, but I have a family to feed and a mortgage to pay." Every ANC MP will know the sequence of events that follow such a public disavowal of ANC policy. The secretary-general, or his provincial counterpart, will send her a charge sheet that will list her public transgressions and lay down procedures for disciplinary action. She will first be called to informal hearings at which she can be represented by another ANC MP to plead her case. A report will then go to the head of the party’s disciplinary committee for formal hearings. If found guilty, she can be suspended or even e...
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