ANC Chief Whip Pemmy Majodina says she would voluntarily appear before the party’s integrity committee and Parliament’s ethics committee after it was revealed that her son secured a PPE deal from her office.
The ANC Chief Whip’s office issued a statement in response to a Sunday Times report alleging that the parliamentary caucus that she manages awarded the tender to her son, Umkhonto We Sizwe Majodina.
This was reportedly to supply 150 thermometers to be used in ANC constituency offices across the country.
According to the statement, the “ANC Chief Whip Pemmy Majodina regrets the involvement of her son” in the procurement deal which supplied thermometers worth R52 500 to ANC Constituency offices in January.
“The Chief Whip is aware that this may be reasonably perceived as a form of abuse of office and nepotism due to the proximity of her son,” it said.
The statement went on to say that Majodina reiterated “her long-standing commitment to upholding the law.”
“In her personal capacity, the Chief Whip has written to the ANC Integrity Commission to express her wish and willingness to voluntarily appear before itself at its convenient time.”
“Similarly, it is the intention of the Chief Whip to subject herself to a Parliamentary ethics probe if and when called upon to do so to clear perceptions of any flouting of regulations,” the statement concluded.
