THE office of President Thabo Mbeki referred all media queries on Mpumalanga premier Ndaweni Mahlangu to the African National Congress in a statement on Sunday. Mbeki’s office said Mahlangu was appointed by Mbeki as an ANC official, and sub-Premier posts were matters for the party. With this reasoning, Mbeki pushed media inquiries toward the ANC and away from the government. The sttement concludes that “the President remains committed to honest, transparent and accountable government and to act against anybody tragressing these norms.”