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ANC needs time to deal with the ‘war room’ matter, Gwede Mantashe says
The party’s secretary-general also says former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe is not yet on the ANC list for Parliament
ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe on Monday asked that the party be given time to deal with the "war room" saga. "Please allow us to deal with this matter. We take it very seriously. It’s a serious matter to us‚" Mantashe said at a media briefing called by the party, after its national executive committee lekgotla. He said any details linked to the matter would be brought as evidence to disciplinary "processes". Mantashe was responding to a question on reports that public relations practitioner Sihle Bolani said she shared a report detailing how the ANC "planned to spend R50m on a covert campaign targeting opposition parties in the 2016 local government elections" with Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe. Bolani took the ANC to court last week‚ claiming that she was owed R2.2m for work done by her company during the campaign, to bolster the image of the party and disempower political rivals during the 2016 local government elections. Mantashe also told journalists that former ...
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