ANC suspends Carl Niehaus
The African National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday temporarily suspended member Carl Niehaus with immediate effect and will institute disciplinary action against him.
According to a letter addressed to Niehaus, from ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte, the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has taken a decision to suspend Niehaus for “inflammatory speeches” made outside former President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home, in KwaZulu-Natal, over the weekend.
Scores of Zuma supporters gathered outside his home to stop him from going to jail following an unsuspended sentence of 15 months handed down by the Constitutional Court.
The letter went further to state that Niehaus contravened various rules of the ANC Constitution and that his utterances over the weekend, while using an ANC t-shirt, had brought the party into disrepute.
“The NEC has a reasonable apprehension that you will likely continue with your acts of misconduct and cause further damage to the good name and reputation of the ANC thereby bringing the organisation into more disrepute. Consequently, in the current volatile political situation in the country, aided and abetted by your incendiary speeches, the NEC has come to the conclusion that exceptional circumstances exist which justify that your temporary suspension come into operation with immediate effect in accordance with Rule 25.60 of the ANC constitution and that the seriousness of your transgressions and misconduct justifies not affording you 48 hours to respond to the allegations of misconduct…,” the letter said.
The ANC Constitution states that a disciplinary hearing will be instituted against Niehaus within 30 days.
Niehaus can approach the party’s National Disciplinary Committee of Appeal to set aside the suspension.
On Twitter, on Wednesday, Niehaus confirmed that he will appeal his suspension, adding that he “remains a dedicated liberation fighter”.
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