Complaint: Sisulu in bid for presidency

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Knives are out for Lindiwe Sisulu, the human settlements, water and sanitation minister, with claims emerging that she is loading her ministry with loyalists in a bid to build a campaign for her to replace David Mabuza as ANC deputy president.

An anonymous complaint made to the public protector and the Public Service Commission this week claims that Sisulu has employed staff from her unsuccessful 2017 ANC presidential campaign in her department. These same staffers are to lobby for her ahead of a bid to replace Mabuza at the party’s national general council meeting next year.

The move on the deputy presidency is seen to be a precursor for another run for the ANC presidency in 2022 by Sisulu, who collapsed her 2017 presidential campaign before the elective conference at Nasrec.has seen, asks for an investigation into the appointment of 15 people who worked on her 2017 campaign, including her current chief director, Mphumzi Mdekazi, on five-year contracts with the department.

According to the complaint, the interim boards being appointed by Sisulu are being loaded with her campaign staff by Mdekazi in preparation for her 2022 campaign. Likewise, PSC spokesperson Humphrey Ramafoko said a complaint relating to appointments made by Sisulu had been lodged with the National Anti-Corruption Hotline.Sisulu’s spokesperson, Makhosini Mgitywa, said she rejected allegations that the appointments “constitute retainers for any elections in the governing party”.

 

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