All ANC MPs‚ ministers‚ premiers‚ mayors‚ MEC’s and councillors should be visited by independent and honest labour inspectors so see how compliant they are with the laws that the ruling party makes and enforces on everyone else‚ Congress of the People (COPE) says.
The party was reacting to a report in the Sunday Times that Lumka Yengeni‚ the senior ANC MP who chairs parliament’s portfolio committee on labour‚ was found guilty at the Commission for Conciliation‚ Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) for allegedly violating the country’s labour laws.
The newspaper reported that the senior ANC MP‚ the estranged wife of ANC bigwig Tony Yengeni‚ forced her domestic worker to work 24-hour days‚ paid her below the minimum wage and refused to grant her leave.
The domestic worker‚ Lucia Dlephu took Yengeni to the Commission for Conciliation‚ Mediation and Arbitration after the MP fired her on February 14 this year‚ the newspaper said.
COPE spokesman Dennis Bloem said on Sunday the story in the Sunday Times about Yengeni being a “madam from hell” while ironically being the Portfolio chair on Labour as well highlighted a disjunction between “what is professed and what is practised by the regnant political elite of our country”.
“By now‚ it is clear that the world which the regnant political elites inhabit in our country is different from the South Africa of our daily experience. The ANC makes laws for others to follow‚ and for them to break with impunity. Is there any doubt that the ANC and its leader‚ in particular‚ have begun to believe that they are above the law?
“Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Power is both toxic and narcotic. Too much power in the hands of too few is certainly catastrophic for governance and tragic for democracy‚” Bloem stated.
“That ANC MP Lumka Yengeni has been identified as a madam from hell while being a lawmaker on labour issues as well‚ indicates her total unsuitability for political office. This is sheer hypocrisy‚” he added.
“All ANC MPs‚ Ministers‚ Premiers‚ Mayors‚ MEC’s and councillors should be visited by independent and honest labour inspectors so see how compliant they are with the laws that the ruling party makes enforces on everyone else.
“If they are hypocrites who say one thing and do the very opposite‚ they should be kicked out. If the ruling party refuses to do that and stomachs such hypocrisy‚ voters should reject the party at the polls. The regnant elite must be taught a stinging lesson.
“This is a golden opportunity for voters to punish the ruling party for its serial corruption‚ its continuous wrongdoing‚ its unacceptable abuse of power and its glaring hypocrisy‚” Bloem said.
ANC must comply with laws they enforce on others: COPE
All ANC MPs‚ ministers‚ premiers‚ mayors‚ MEC’s and councillors should be visited by independent and honest labour inspectors so see how compliant they are with the laws that the ruling party makes and enforces on everyone else‚ Congress of the People (COPE) says.
The party was reacting to a report in the Sunday Times that Lumka Yengeni‚ the senior ANC MP who chairs parliament’s portfolio committee on labour‚ was found guilty at the Commission for Conciliation‚ Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) for allegedly violating the country’s labour laws.
The newspaper reported that the senior ANC MP‚ the estranged wife of ANC bigwig Tony Yengeni‚ forced her domestic worker to work 24-hour days‚ paid her below the minimum wage and refused to grant her leave.
The domestic worker‚ Lucia Dlephu took Yengeni to the Commission for Conciliation‚ Mediation and Arbitration after the MP fired her on February 14 this year‚ the newspaper said.
COPE spokesman Dennis Bloem said on Sunday the story in the Sunday Times about Yengeni being a “madam from hell” while ironically being the Portfolio chair on Labour as well highlighted a disjunction between “what is professed and what is practised by the regnant political elite of our country”.
“By now‚ it is clear that the world which the regnant political elites inhabit in our country is different from the South Africa of our daily experience. The ANC makes laws for others to follow‚ and for them to break with impunity. Is there any doubt that the ANC and its leader‚ in particular‚ have begun to believe that they are above the law?
“Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Power is both toxic and narcotic. Too much power in the hands of too few is certainly catastrophic for governance and tragic for democracy‚” Bloem stated.
“That ANC MP Lumka Yengeni has been identified as a madam from hell while being a lawmaker on labour issues as well‚ indicates her total unsuitability for political office. This is sheer hypocrisy‚” he added.
“All ANC MPs‚ Ministers‚ Premiers‚ Mayors‚ MEC’s and councillors should be visited by independent and honest labour inspectors so see how compliant they are with the laws that the ruling party makes enforces on everyone else.
“If they are hypocrites who say one thing and do the very opposite‚ they should be kicked out. If the ruling party refuses to do that and stomachs such hypocrisy‚ voters should reject the party at the polls. The regnant elite must be taught a stinging lesson.
“This is a golden opportunity for voters to punish the ruling party for its serial corruption‚ its continuous wrongdoing‚ its unacceptable abuse of power and its glaring hypocrisy‚” Bloem said.
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