Charles Molele
Just two months ahead of the country’s May general elections, the ANC’s two national spokespersons Pule Mabe and Zizi Kodwa were forced to step down amid allegations of rape and sexual harassment.
Party secretary Ace Magashule announced on Tuesday that Kodwa asked to step aside pending an investigation into the allegations of rape against him.
He said Mabe, who was cleared of sexual harassment charges by the party’s grievance panel, also stepped down voluntarily after the woman who accused him of sexual harassment indicated that she would be approaching the CCMA to contest the outcome of her case.
They will both remain members of the National Executive Committee, while Dakota Legoete will continue acting as the national spokesperson of the ANC.
‘No evidence found against Mabe’
Last year, Mabe’s former personal assistant, Kgoerano Kekana, accused him of sexually harassing her on two occasions while she was his personal
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