The ANC has threatened to terminate the employment of party member, Carl Niehaus.
This comes after the party sent a letter to Niehaus earlier on Thursday asking him to explain why he should not be fired.
The letter came after Niehaus earlier on Thursday threatened to file criminal charges against the ANC top six, which includes party president Cyril Ramaphosa, on behalf of Luthuli House staff over the non-payment of salaries and UIF.
The party argues that Niehaus, a strong ally of former President Jacob Zuma, has been divisive and has displayed anti-ANC behaviour.
Niehaus has confirmed that the ANC has fired him.
He says he believes that he is being targeted by the party for his knowledge on illegal activities related to the non-payment of staffers.
In a letter from ANC general manager Febe Potgieter-Gqubule, Niehaus was given the 4pm deadline to state reasons why he shouldn’t be fired, failing which, his employment would be terminated.
Potgieter-Gqubule said in the letter that Niehaus has not done anything to distance himself from the statement, which also invited the media to witness him laying theft, corruption and fraud charges against the ANC’s top six.
“We find the behaviour of Carl who appears more on public and social media platforms to be divisive, oppprtunistic and devoid of revolutionary discipline. Coincidentally, Carl has elected to apply the tactics of one desperate opposition party lacking a clear programme for the upcoming local government elections and pinning their hopes on a liquidated ANC. Carl had initially and consciously chosen to follow the DA’s example and leadership in laying charges against an organization he claims to be his own. He is most welcomed to share with the public his most recent official duties as an employee deserving of compensation,” said Potgieter-Gqubule.
“At the time of writing this letter you have not distanced yourself from the press release which has your name and number. As your employer, the ANC would like you to provide it with the reasons why it should not summarily dismiss you. You have until 4pm this afternoon to furnish the ANC (through the office of the general manager) with the requested reasons and a failure to do so will result in the immediate termination of your employment contract without further notice.”
- This is a developing story.
