Jackson Mthembu

Jackson Mthembu (born June 1957) is the former national spokesperson for the African National Congress. He was succeeded on 26 May 2014 by Zizi Kodwa. [1] He served as the MEC for Transport in Mpumalanga from 1997-1999, during which he was criticized for spending R2.3 million on ten BMWs.[2][3] He currently serves as a parliamentarian for the ANC. [4]

Controversies

On 28 November 2017, Mthembu was criticized by some of the ANC colleagues that he intentionally "colluded" with the DA to schedule a debate on state capture in Parliament. Mthembu has been seen to have deliberately defied President Jacob Zuma and his own colleagues in the ANC caucus who had already called for a more inclusive process to investigate state capture.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "ANC names new national spokesperson". news24. 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Lodge, Tom (2003). Politics in South Africa: From Mandela to Mbeki (2nd ed.). Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-0-253-21587-1.
  3. ↑ Heidenheimer, Arnold J. (2002). Political Corruption: Concepts and Contexts (3rd ed.). Piscataway, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-7658-0761-8.
  4. ↑ "Jackson Mthembu to be ANC parliamentarian, he was also declared as a new chief whip of the ruling party". news24. 2014. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  5. ↑ "Mthembu slams ANC MPs' accusations that he 'colluded' with DA in state capture motion". News24. Retrieved 2017-11-29.


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