WATCH: ‘If the ANC was corrupt, we would not be a poor party’ – Bhengu Motsiri

By Johnathan Paoli

ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri on Tuesday defended the party’s financial ethics while responding to media questions about unpaid staff wages and corruption within the party.

“If the ANC was corrupt, we would not be a poor party,” she said.

She said the party was working to resolve the dispute over unpaid staff salaries after workers and the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) accused the ANC of failing to meet payroll and benefit obligations “for months”.

Bhengu-Motsiri said the party was developing new revenue-generating models and would continue levying its public representatives.

Management at Luthuli House was in talks with the union, and the ANC was committed to restoring regular payments, she said.

“We are committed to doing what is correct because the ANC wants to turn around the situation of making sure that our talented members of staff are