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Office of the ANC Chief Whip, 4 June 2017 Misleading publication by the Sunday Times The Office of the ANC Chief Whip has noted with concern the article published in the Sunday Times earlier today claiming that "ANC MPs dumped a proposal that the ANC Parliamentary Caucus should come up with its own resolution to determine President Jacob Zuma's fate." The story by Sunday Times journalist Babalo Ndenze claims that this happened after the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) instructed ANC MPs to vote against the Motion of No Confidence in the President. This story is highly misleading and deliberately out of context. The ANC Caucus has never resolved to have its own motion on President Zuma. This claim is therefore a complete fabrication. Furthermore, in the ANC Chief Whip's interview, he specifically informed the journalist that Caucus discussed the upcoming Motion of No Confidence in a Caucus meeting attended by the National Chairperson, the Secretary General, the Deputy Secretary General and Treasurer General of the ANC. This Caucus meeting was called as a consequence of some MPs expressing their views on the matter and for caucus could reach a conclusion on the matter. In this meeting with the ANC leadership, Caucus was resolute that it will never vote for any motion proposed by the opposition that seeks to remove the President of the Republic who is also the President of the ANC. ANC MPs also reaffirmed that the ANC Parliamentary Caucus remains a Caucus of the ANC and takes directive from the NEC. The Sunday Times article is therefore not only disingenuous and mischievous but it is in fact also inaccurate. The ANC Chief Whip takes serious exception to this kind of journalism and urges the media to report accurately on interviews conducted. What is most disappointing is that this is the second time the Sunday Times has falsely reported on an interview conducted with the ANC Chief Whip since he came into office in May 2016. The ANC Chief Whip is therefore left with no other option but to lay a complaint against the Sunday Times with the Press Ombudsman. Issued by the office of the ANC Chief Whip Enquiries: Nonceba Mhlauli, Media Liaison Officer, 072 623 3462 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of detection engine 15527 (20170604) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ________________________________ [http://imageshack.com/a/img32/381/6b28.png] E-mail Disclaimer: The information contained in this communication is confidential and may be legal privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorised to received it. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in reliance of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender unless clearly stated as those of South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU). SADTU accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages incurred or suffered arising from the use of this e-mail or its attachments. SADTU does not warrant the integrity of this e-mail nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/533A2CE396AEAF46A12C809E9F98070501D11EA6CF%40sadtuex01.SADTU.org.za. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
