ANC spokesperson on ‘leave’ pending outcome of sexual harassment claim
The ANC's national spokesperson and national executive committee member Pule Mabe has asked to be placed on “leave”, pending the outcome of a grievance hearing against him. Mabe's personal assistant laid a complaint, alleging that he had cut her salary and emotionally abused her when she refused his advances, according to a letter the 26-year-old wrote to the ANC's deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte. “It is only fair and prudent that when we are faced with such serious allegations we put the interests of our organisation first,” Mabe said in a statement on Tuesday. He said he was raised by a single woman, his grandmother, who went the “extra mile” to provide for him, and he would never go out of his way to violate women. He said he would be doing an “injustice” if he failed to give the allegations against him the “attention and respect” they deserved. The ruling party, in a separate statement, said it received his request and accepted it. The grievance process is set to take pla...
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