ANC leaders who were elected while abiding by the step-aside rule due to criminal charges hanging over them have escaped harsh terms of being suspended
The ANC national executive committee’s special sitting decided to tighten the step-aside rule after the election of Mandla Msibi as the Mpumalanga provincial treasurer and Zandile Gumede as the chairperson of the eThekwini region despite facing serious criminal charges.
In the event where comrades don’t step aside, the organisation can then invoke a rule 27 in the constitution to deal with that matter. You then get suspended if you don’t step down for a long time. “So, the decision was taken just to close that gap. So now we’ve made it explicit that if you have volunteered to step-aside, you shouldn’t accept nomination to any position,” said Mashatile.
As members who stepped aside, they have the right to approach the organisation to ask for a review of their cases.
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