Anc Integrity Commission Faces Backlash Over Allegations Of Factional Targeting In Limpopo

As the ANC prepares for a pivotal provincial conference in Limpopo, tensions are rising over what some members describe as a targeted campaign by the partys integrity commission to purge political rivals using corruption allegations related to the collapsed VBS Mutual Bank .

Senior ANC figures in Limpopo and in the national executive committee NEC told the Mail Guardian that the commissions recent scrutiny of Limpopo premier Phophi Ramathubas cabinet appointments was less about upholding ethics and more about factional manoeuvring because it appeared to be applying different standards on those previously implicated in wrongdoing.

At the heart of the dispute is the re-emergence of allegations involving Florence Radzilani, the ANCs Limpopo deputy chairperson and social development MEC, and Kgabo Mahoai , the provinces finance MEC.

The commission presented a report to the partys NEC over the weekend after its interview with Ramathuba about some of the questionable people she has elected to serve in her cabinet. These include Radzilani and Mahoai . The commission presented the report verbally, fearing it would otherwise be leaked to the media.

Radzilani is accused of having had R300 000 illegally channelled to her in return for investing in VBS during her tenure as the Vhembe district municipality mayor.