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Fongo wants Madonsela barred from Zimbabwe
26 Jun 2014 at 14:47hrs | Views
The Federation of Non Governmental Organisations (Fongo) yesterday said South African Public Protector Thuli Madonsela is not welcome in Zimbabwe.
Madonsela is expected in Zimbabwe tomorrow to deliver a public lecture on her controversial report which took on President Jacob Zuma over the use of taxpayer's money to upgrade his residence at his rural home in Nkandla.
The outspoken Madonsela, who has been named as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people, is expected to present the findings of her Nkandla report to Zimbabwean business persons and the civil society during a public lecture organised by a private media organisation.
"We urge the Department of Immigration to refuse her entry into Zimbabwe so that the contagion effect does not take route in our independent commissions as a result of her coming to Zimbabwe," Fongo president Goodson Nguni said in a statement.
Nguni said it was unbecoming for a senior constitutionally appointed person in South Africa "to launch a campaign to misinform Africa about a one-sided report that is highly disputed in South Africa."
In South Africa, Madonsela has been subjected to scorn, attacks on her integrity and insults by many in the ruling coalition.
Said Nguni: "Her findings were rejected by the people of South Africa in the just-ended elections which were won by the African National Congress led by President Jacob Zuma.
"Her report on Nkandla was viewed by many South Africans as a Democratic Alliance (opposition) election ploy."
Nguni said "Zimbabweans recognise President Zuma as a hero of anti-apartheid struggle and one Thuli Madonsela as an agent of anti-African forces in the West."
Madonsela is expected in Zimbabwe tomorrow to deliver a public lecture on her controversial report which took on President Jacob Zuma over the use of taxpayer's money to upgrade his residence at his rural home in Nkandla.
The outspoken Madonsela, who has been named as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people, is expected to present the findings of her Nkandla report to Zimbabwean business persons and the civil society during a public lecture organised by a private media organisation.
"We urge the Department of Immigration to refuse her entry into Zimbabwe so that the contagion effect does not take route in our independent commissions as a result of her coming to Zimbabwe," Fongo president Goodson Nguni said in a statement.
In South Africa, Madonsela has been subjected to scorn, attacks on her integrity and insults by many in the ruling coalition.
Said Nguni: "Her findings were rejected by the people of South Africa in the just-ended elections which were won by the African National Congress led by President Jacob Zuma.
"Her report on Nkandla was viewed by many South Africans as a Democratic Alliance (opposition) election ploy."
Nguni said "Zimbabweans recognise President Zuma as a hero of anti-apartheid struggle and one Thuli Madonsela as an agent of anti-African forces in the West."
Source - dailynews
