ADeC says Makhosi Khoza has not been suspended

African Democratic Change (ADeC) has refuted claims that its leader and founder Makhosi Khoza has been suspended.

Earlier on Saturday, there were reports that Khoza had been suspended from ADeC for bringing the party into disrupte, according to Bongani Masilela, who claimed to be to the party’s acting national spokesperson.

In a statement, ADeC’s spokesperson Feziwe Ndwayana said former EFF members Mpho Ramakatsa and Lufuno Gogoro – who joined Khoza last year to start her party – were behind calls for her to be suspended. Ndwayana said the pair were not ADeC members as their membership was rejected on February 28.

She further said ADeC had laid criminal complaints of fraud against Ramakatsa and Gogoro and asked that they “rather return to using [the name and branding of] the political party that they created.”

“We have subsequently rejected the membership of the North West Convener Kagiso Monyadiwa for intimidation of members, bringing the party into disrepute, calling for the disruption of ADeC meeting.

“And the defamation of character of a number of members of ADeC, as well as the Convener of Gauteng, Wiekus Kotze, for intimidation of members, bringing the party into disrepute, calling for the disruption of ADeC meeting and the defamation of character of a number of members of ADeC,” she said.

The below statement clarifies again that individuals that called a meeting in the name of ADeC are not members of ADeC and criminal charges for fraud have been laid against them pic.twitter.com/Kbb51nFpew

— African Democratic Change (@ADEC_SA) March 17, 2018

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