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TimesLive reports that ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday made a commitment that those who worked for the ruling party would be paid.
This was amid threats of another picket outside the party’s Luthuli House headquarters over late salary payments. An ANC insider indicated: “They owe us September salaries. They promised to pay us by Friday last week. They did not honour that so we decided to down tools and will be picketing tomorrow at Luthuli House with the hope we get a way forward.” Speaking on Sunday, Ramaphosa said: “Financial resources, especially in the ANC, have dried up because of legislation we’ve put in place and those who used to fund the ANC, because of the disclosure processes, are holding back. As a result the enormous expenses the ANC goes through come under a great deal of pressure and we therefore have to scrounge around.” He told journalists that party treasurer-general Paul Mashatile “basically spends his time scrounging for money from those who would donate to the ANC”. Ramaphosa said he had a great deal of understanding for the plight of workers in the ANC because they were not often paid on time. “We continue to work to raise the money that should go towards paying them, and that becomes successful at times, but is sometimes delayed. Our commitment is that those who work for the ANC must be paid,” Ramaphosa stated.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Amanda Khoza at TimesLive
- See too, Ramaphosa on unpaid ANC staff salaries: We are scrounging around for funds, at EWN
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