Johnathan Paoli
The ruling party has responded to recent attempts by ActionSA to investigate the details of the out-of-court settlement reached between itself and Ezulweni Investment saying they were under no legal obligation to share the information concerned.
Defending the ANC’s handling of the matter, ANC spokesperson, Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, said “there is absolutely nothing irregular about that. The details of which no party is entitled to that information”.
However, Bhengu-Motsiri also said that ActionSA was well within its rights to pursue the matter in whichever way it saw fit.
According to ActionSA national chairperson Michael Beaumont, the party approached the Electoral Commission of South Africa to investigate the matter under Section 14 of the Party Funding Act on Tuesday.
Beaumont said it was important to know how the ANC’s debt was settled, arguing that the amount far exceeded the donation limits as per the Party Funding Act and that any
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