Mbalula said things he shouldn’t have said: Mantashe on ‘fire pool lie'
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ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe says Fikile Mbalula, the party's secretary-general, said things he shouldn’t have said about the Nkandla “fire pool” saga. Mantashe said leaders should count their words or catch fire.
This after Mbalula claimed the party protected former president Jacob Zuma by lying that the swimming pool at his Nkandla homestead is a fire pool and a necessary security feature.
When Zuma was president and the public protector at the time, Thuli Mandonsela, his home cost R3.9m, the governing party went guns blazing, defining the pool as a fire pool used for security reasons to fight fires.
On Sunday Mbalula conceded the party lied to protect Zuma, who recently said he has lost patience with President Cyril Ramaphosa.
This after Mbalula claimed the party protected former president Jacob Zuma by lying that the swimming pool at his Nkandla homestead is a fire pool and a necessary security feature.
When Zuma was president and the public protector at the time, Thuli Mandonsela, his home cost R3.9m, the governing party went guns blazing, defining the pool as a fire pool used for security reasons to fight fires.
On Sunday Mbalula conceded the party lied to protect Zuma, who recently said he has lost patience with President Cyril Ramaphosa.