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COOPERATIVE Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has lashed out at the ANC’s step aside rule, saying it is unjust and sowing deep divisions in the governing party.
In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with the SABC on Sunday, Dlamini-Zuma said the step aside rule was inconsistent with the country’s Constitution because as it stands right now it avers that ‘you are guilty until proven innocent’.
“There is law in our country [in line with the Constitution] which says you are innocent until proven guilty. That’s the law of the country … and there is a law in the ANC that says you are guilty until proven innocent,” said Dlamini-Zuma.
“There are people who have been charged for more than three years and yet they have not even gone to trial. What what kind of justice is that. It is not justice when you are
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