Former ANC MPL Mervyn Dirks expelled by ANC after joining MK Party. Image: SABC News
Former ANC MPL Mervyn Dirks expelled after joining MK party
Former ANC MPL, Mervyn Dirks, had a fallout with the ANC in 2022 over the use of public funds in political campaigns.
Former ANC MPL Mervyn Dirks expelled by ANC after joining MK Party. Image: SABC News
Former African National Congress (ANC) MPL in KwaZulu-Natal, Mervyn Dirks, says he will go fishing for two days before he starts to mobilise support for uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party ahead of the general elections in May.
According to the Independent Online, Dirks said this after he was expelled by the ANC in the province on Monday for joining the MK party. He was a member of the ANC in Parliament before he resigned and went to the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature.
2022 FALLOUT WITH ANC IN PARLIAMENT
“Yes, the letter is correct. I will go fishing for two days and, after that, hit the campaign trail for MK,” said Dirks. According to the Independent, in 2022, Dirks had a fallout with the ANC in Parliament after he wrote to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) to probe President Cyril Ramaphosa about using public funds in campaigns.
This followed a video clip in which Ramaphosa said public funds were used in internal campaigns. He was speaking at the National Executive Committee of the ANC meeting at the time.
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ANC EXPELLED DIRKS FOR JOINING THE MK PARTY
On Monday, it emerged that the ANC in KZN had expelled him after he joined the MK party, which the ruling party claims Dirks had admitted to ANC provincial secretary Bheki Mtolo.
Earlier this month, the ANC in KZN suspended the membership of eThekwini Municipality councillor and ANC regional executive member Siphiwe Mpungose for defying the party’s warnings by campaigning for the Mk party.
‘MY ONLY MISSION IS TO MOBILISE VOTES FOR MK,’ SAYS DIRKS
Dirks said he would mobilise support for the MK party. “My only mission now is to mobilise votes for MK. I will not speak about any other political party,” he said.
Mtolo said a few weeks ago that they were investigating a number of members who had joined the MK party. In late January, Mtolo said disciplinary action would be taken against three ANC councillors involved with other political parties.
