The provincial African National Congress is taking the Daily Dispatch to the Press Ombudsman following the newspaper’s Saturday story about a secret tape, the party said in a statement today.
Eastern Cape ANC spokesman Mlibo Qoboshiyane said the article was "highly defamatory".
“The article regrettably insinuates that our provincial secretary Cde Mabuyane politically interferes in the awarding of government contracts.
“It is our firm view that both the article and the audio recording does not make any mention of Cde Mabuyane, but the newspaper deems it fit and proper to conclude that the SG or “Nobhala” referred to in the recordings is Cde Mabuyane. There is no credible evidence from the Daily Dispatch that links Cde Mabuyane directly to the matter except a hearsay conversation between two senior government officials, hence we find the article to be highly defamatory,” said Qoboshiyane.
He said the provincial executive committee was engaged in a discussion to review the current school nutrition model. “This discussion of reviewing the model was sparked by a delegation of SMMEs that engaged the ANC on the weaknesses of the current model particularly its failure in creating jobs and promoting local community enterprises.
“The ANC was quite persuaded by the possibilities of enhancing local economic participation and thus agreed to relook the current school nutrition delivery model,” Qoboshiyane said.
ANC to take Dispatch to Press Ombudsman over secret tape story
Eastern Cape ANC spokesman Mlibo Qoboshiyane said the article was "highly defamatory".
“The article regrettably insinuates that our provincial secretary Cde Mabuyane politically interferes in the awarding of government contracts.
“It is our firm view that both the article and the audio recording does not make any mention of Cde Mabuyane, but the newspaper deems it fit and proper to conclude that the SG or “Nobhala” referred to in the recordings is Cde Mabuyane. There is no credible evidence from the Daily Dispatch that links Cde Mabuyane directly to the matter except a hearsay conversation between two senior government officials, hence we find the article to be highly defamatory,” said Qoboshiyane.
He said the provincial executive committee was engaged in a discussion to review the current school nutrition model. “This discussion of reviewing the model was sparked by a delegation of SMMEs that engaged the ANC on the weaknesses of the current model particularly its failure in creating jobs and promoting local community enterprises.
“The ANC was quite persuaded by the possibilities of enhancing local economic participation and thus agreed to relook the current school nutrition delivery model,” Qoboshiyane said.
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