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In the last few days since the revelation by Helen Zille, Leader of the DA, that her party received leaked information from certain members of the ANC PEC in the Western Cape I have been inundated with requests from the media calling for comment on these leaks of information. This has compelled me to issue this statement. Under the normal circumstances it would a matter of ANC to deal with, but since allegations were made against me through these leaks, I feel that I should comment.
During the period 2004 to 2008, the ANC in the Western Cape was led by a faction comprising, among others; Mcebisi Skwatsha and Max Ozinsky. After then Premier Ebrahim Rasool appointed his cabinet in the Western Cape, these members of the ANC PEC and their followers were at constant loggerheads with the former Premier and those he appointed to cabinet that they did not approve of. Those opposed to this cabinet used all and any tactics necessary to discredit Rasool and people perceived to be close to him.
In particular, I was targeted by those in the then ANC PEC in the province and accused of being corrupt of abusing my position in cabinet to deal with opponents in the ANC and for personal financial gain. I denied these allegations then and told the ANC leadership both pre and post Polokwane that the root of the destruction of the ANC in the province was instigated by the leadership of the PEC against Rasool and certain members of his cabinet, with a special focus on myself. To this end numerous written submissions were made by myself and former Premier Rasool to the then ANC Secretary General, Kgalema Motlanthe and the current Secretary General, Gwede Mantashe. We presented them with evidence of the behaviour of the leadership in the province under the PEC. Nothing was done with this information and these acts were condoned by ommission.
The revelation by Premier Zille that members of the ANC PEC leadership in the province, had constantly over the past 2 years given members of the DA information in a bid to discredit the Premier Rasool and certain member of the his cabinet is not surprising. There are numerous examples of leaks by ANC leaders in the province to humiliate Rasool and myself in particular. What is worse is that these leaks were of evidence fabricated to lead the DA to believe that they had uncovered real corruption. To site a few examples that illustrates this:
1. The entire furore about my expenses in allegedly renovating my family home when I was improving security, based on the threats by criminals due to my position as MEC for Safety and Security. A PEC member in Rasool's cabinet whose identity is known to me leaked information to the DA, after failing to do what was required by regulation, that is report any alleged wrongdoing to the relevant officials.
2. My entire private tax file was given to the DA, so that this security upgrade could be projected as a corrupt practice by myself even though the facts confirmed the contrary - that l never received any loan from government to undertake this work. The Auditor General's investigation confirmed these same facts. Millions of rand were wasted investigating all those thing that were leaked to the DA, which has now been confirmed.
3. The alleged private car usage as an official car was also investigated and it was confirmed then that it was in line with existing policy .
4. The other issues, such as the relationship between Dubai World and the former premier, alleged tender rigging, etc. are of a similar nature.
These are but a few examples of the conniving relationship between these members of the ANC PEC and the members of the DA they duped in to running a campaign to fight for a political faction of the ANC.It has taken time for the third party confirmation of these dirty tricks, but I am relieved that it is now proven to be true. The fact that the current leadership of the ANC basically condoned these acts of political cannibalism and the misuse of taxpayers money to investigate these hoaxes is now a matter of record. One of the reasons I cited when I resigned from the ANC to be a founder member of the Congress of the People was this political corruption in the ruling party. I believe that I have been vindicated in this regard. Subsequent attempts by the current ANC leadership both nationally and provincially to hold those of us who served the people of the Western Cape responsibly and never stooped to the level of these fraudsters responsible for the demise of the ruling party in this province are also now discredited.
I support the call for an independent investigation in to the role and conduct of those elected members of the Legislature who conceptualised and put in to operation a series of political hoaxes in an attempt to defeat their perceived political opponents. The public must be given the full facts so that they can never be misled by such political gangsters again.
The DA should reflect on its naivety in accepting this information as credible and using it to its advantage. Anyone who profits from fruit of the forbidden tree has a responsibility to come clean about it.