Maile refuses to comment on threats of discipline

By Simon Nare

Gauteng finance and economic development MEC Lebogang Maile has refused to be provoked by potential threats from ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula after he hinted that he might be charged for ill-discipline following posts he made on X.

Addressing journalists on the state of readiness for the January 8 celebrations at Khayelitsha in Cape Town on Monday, Mbalula announced that two ANC veterans would be charged for bringing the party into disrepute.

He further said more members would be charged for posting unsavory social media statements. Mbalula specifically mentioned those who had posted that they were not cowards.

Last week after Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi met Mbalula over his views on the Government of National Unity, Maile posted on X.

“This is my heritage, that’s the only anything I know. The ANC is not a cult of personality. We are not cowards. We will fight with everything we