STAFF REPORTER
A NUMBER of senior ANC leaders in Gauteng will demand that president Cyril Ramaphosa’ spokesperson Khusela Diko and Health MEC Bandile Masuku step aside from the party’s provincial executive committee (PEC) pending the outcome of the investigation by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) into corruption allegations relating a to multi-million rand personal protective equipment tender by the provincial health department, when the PEC convenes again next weekend.
The ANC leaders will also demand that Masuku’s wife, Loyiso Masuku, step down as ANC deputy chairperson and regional executive committee member in Johannesburg.
While the three have not been found guilty by any law enforcement agency, some ANC leaders believe forcing them to step aside pending the SIU investigation, will send a clear message to the electorate ahead of next year’s local government elections that the party was serious about fighting corruption.
“They [Masuku and Diko] must step aside from
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