Niehaus quits ANC over fraud claims Staff reporter and Sapa Published:Feb
13, 2009
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ANC spokesman Carl Niehaus has offered to resign from the ruling party in
the wake of damning allegations of fraud and financial mismanagement.
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The Mail & Guardian newspaper reports today — under the headline 'Tearful
Niehaus admits fraud' — that Niehaus "forged signatures of top politicians,
booked holidays on government accounts and was pushed out of top jobs for
financial misconduct".
Niehaus told Talk Radio 702 that he tendered his resignation from the ANC
this morning.
During the radio interview, Niehaus said he made a "full declaration" to the
ANC about his financial situation when he was appointed as the spokesman of
the ruling party in November 2008.
He admitted the allegations were damaging to the ruling party.
"Something like this becoming public... obviously must have consequences for
me and... I accept that the ANC will decide about my future," Niehaus told
SAfm.
"I have written a message this morning [Friday] to the secretary general
and the treasury general of the ANC and I have offered my resignation.
"I've always been employed by the ANC and I've always accepted the
discipline of the ANC. The ANC is not an organisation for me which I
consider just to be an organisation. It is my family. It is the organisation
I love and I will never do anything deliberately to damage this organisation
and I will always accept its discipline."
The Mail and Guardian reported that he allegedly wrote a fraudulent letter
while he was chief executive of the Gauteng Economic Development Agency
(Geda) and forged signatures in an attempt to secure a loan from a
businessman.
Niehaus also allegedly borrowed money from several African National
Congress bigwigs to maintain a high standard of living.
"Most of what you have confronted me with is true. I wish it wasn't. I've
made massive mistakes and I've disappointed a lot of people terribly. I've
no illusions that if you publish this article it will mean the end of my
career," he told the Mail and Guardian.
"I asked people like Saki Macozoma, Cyril Ramaphosa, Tokyo Sexwale, Gill
Marcus, Pallo Jordan and Rick Mennell to help me financially.
"I was down and out. Some of them gave me money and some didn't. I am
terribly indebted. I also received money from Brett Kebble."
He said the slain mining magnate gave him R70,000 for communications work.
"I'm paying R100,000 back because I can't fight the liquidators — there was
no contract, only a verbal agreement," said Niehaus.
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