Corruption-accused Kodwa steps aside as member of ANC's NEC & NWC

JOHANNESBURG - Zizi Kodwa has stepped aside as a member of both the African National Congress (ANC)'s national executive committee (NEC) and the national working committee (NWC).

He wrote a letter addressed to the party's secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula.

Kodwa said that he was doing this to comply with the party's step-aside rule, which indicates that members charged with serious crimes should relinquish their positions in government and within the party.

Kodwa also resigned from his sports, arts and culture ministerial position on Wednesday.

He appeared in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday, facing corruption charges.

His future as a member of Parliament also hangs in the balance after the top official found himself on the wrong side of the law.

The ANC said that a decision to scratch his name off the list was yet to be taken.

'REJECTING THE DA'

Meanwhile, some concerned ANC members have voiced their disapproval of an ANC and DA coalition government.

A few party members are picketing outside the Birchwood Hotel in Ekurhuleni, where the ANC is holding a national executive committee meeting.

ANC Youth League member, Esethu Hasane, said that there were much better options than to share a bed with the DA.

"All of us in the ANC have preferences but today is not about preferences, it's about rejecting the DA. So, the ANC must consider all options but must exclude the DA, which has been in Parliament during apartheid and in the democratic dispensation, representing a specific class."

The ANC NEC is expected to decide which party to join forces with to form a coalition government on Thursday.