Madam Speaker, Carl Niehaus, the ANC's spokesperson, is a fraudster par excellence. He has lied about almost everything in his life. He has forged the signatures of government officials. He has lied about his health and even the death of his sister, and now it has emerged that he is also lying about his academic qualifications.
The fact that the ANC continues to embrace Niehaus despite his dishonesty is a disgrace beyond imagination. The ANC saw nothing wrong in employing him despite its knowledge of his tainted integrity. Now it insists it will redeploy rather than dismiss him. This shows that the ANC is bent on looking after its corrupt cronies instead of stamping out corruption in its ranks and in our country.
Redeploying Niehaus makes a mockery of the ANC's so-called commitment to the fight against corruption as per their current election manifesto. We therefore support the decision by the DA leader in the Gauteng legislation, Mr Jack Bloem, to lay charges against the Premier of Gauteng, Paul Mashatile, for obstructing justice and failing to report corruption. Thank you.