CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – JUNE 28: Ad hoc Committee Chairwoman Makhosi Khoza says they received a total of 73 nominations for the Public Protector post on June 28, 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa. The committee seeks to appoint Advocate Thuli Madonsela’s replacement as her term in the office ends in October 2016. (Photo by Gallo Images / Daily Sun / Lindile Mbontsi)
BREAKING: ActionSA DUMPS Dr Makhosi Khoza after public fallout
ActionSA initiated a disciplinary inquiry into Dr Makhosi Khoza’s conduct, levelling several charges against her
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – JUNE 28: Ad hoc Committee Chairwoman Makhosi Khoza says they received a total of 73 nominations for the Public Protector post on June 28, 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa. The committee seeks to appoint Advocate Thuli Madonsela’s replacement as her term in the office ends in October 2016. (Photo by Gallo Images / Daily Sun / Lindile Mbontsi)
ActionSA’s Senate has terminated the membership of Dr Makhosi Khoza on the recommendations of its Ethics and Disciplinary Committee, the party has revealed.
Khoza, who was the party’s eThekwini Municipality councillor, has been at loggerheads with its leadership since the ANC elected her as Municipal Public Accounts Committee chairperson in the metro in late 2021.
ActionSA initiated a disciplinary inquiry into Khoza’s conduct and levelled several charges against her including bringing the party into disrepute – and acting in a manner which causes disunity within in the party. This was after Khoza went public about her disagreement with ActionSA’s leadership and did a range of media interviews where she openly criticised the party.
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DISCIPLINARY PROBE FINDS DR MAKHOSI KHOZA GUILTY
In a statement issued by ActionSA’s National Chairperson Micharl Beaumont, the party, which met on Monday, 21 March 2022, opted to part ways with Dr Makhosi Khoza.
“A disciplinary panel was convened, chaired by Advocate Gill Benson (former acting judge in the high court) and prosecuted by ActionSA’s Western Cape provincial chairperson, Ms Vytjie Mentor. The ethics and disciplinary committee was unanimous in finding Dr Khoza guilty on all charges and recommending the termination of her membership,” the party said.
“There is no reasonable explanation for her continued abuse of the party, which she purports to promote. As a high-standing member of the party, she disregards the reputational damage to the party for apparent publicity and self-gain. Her loyalties do not lie with ActionSA and instead, lie with aspiring to grow her own political aspirations, at the great cost of her constituency and ActionSA.”
ActionSA’s National Chairperson Micharl Beaumont
That’s not all, the party also accused Khoza of olluding with “ringleaders” of a group of dismissed members from Soweto to “deal” with party leader Herman Mashaba, who she had a public spat with.
“ActionSA holds no ill-will towards Dr Khoza. While her actions may not have been excusable, Dr Khoza remains an individual who has played an important role in SA politics. We wish Dr Khoza well in her future endeavours outside ActionSA.”
ActionSA’s National Chairperson Micharl Beaumont
