The African National Congress (ANC) has temporarily suspended Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) Spokesperson, Carl Niehaus, with immediate effect.
Video: ANC briefs media on suspension of Carl Niehaus
In a letter, by the ANC’s Deputy Secretary-General Jessie Duarte, the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has expressed concerns over his actions in Kwazulu Natal.
Niehaus is being suspended for a speech he made outside the home of Former President Jacob Zuma in Nkandla at the weekend.
Video: MKMVA spokesperson, Carl Niehaus reacts to ConCourt’s Zuma ruling in June 2021
Video: Carl Niehaus on ANC’s uMkhonto weSizwe – Part 1
Video: Carl Niehaus on ANC’s uMkhonto weSizwe – Part 2
Police plan to arrest Jacob Zuma
The police ministry says if it doesn’t receive a response from the office of the Chief Justice by the end of business on Wednesday, police officials will have no choice but to effect the arrest warrant against the former President, Jacob Zuma.
The Constitutional Court’s ultimatum that the former president hand himself over to the police in Nkandla or Johannesburg within five days expired on Sunday midnight. Meaning that it was now up to Police Minister, Bheki Cele, and the National Police Commissioner, Khehla Sitole, to ensure that he gets committed to prison.
On Tuesday Cele, in a letter penned by the State Attorney’s office on his behalf, informed the acting chief justice, Raymond Zondo, that he would hold off on the arrest due to the litigation that Zuma is currently embarking on. He also requested clarity from the Apex Court on a way forward in the matter.
Cele’s office says it has until midnight to take the former president into custody and it will execute the order of the Constitutional Court if it receives no response from the Apex Court by the end of business on Wednesday.
Spokesperson Lirandzu Themba explains the ministry’s position:
