Top African National Congress (ANC) leaders will meet on Monday to discuss the fate of Mbulelo Goniwe, who has been accused of sexually harassing a 21-year-old administration assistant, the Sunday Times said.
Goniwe, the ANC’s parliamentary chief whip, is alleged to have asked the woman to have sex with him after she had helped serve dinner to guests at his home on October 25.
When she refused, he allegedly told her: ”I thought you were a real Xhosa girl. How can you say no to your chief whip as if I am an ordinary man?”
The woman told the paper that she had reported the incident to a senior party official and had since received threatening phone calls demanding she drop her complaint.
Chairperson of the parliamentary caucus Vytjie Mentor confirmed that Goniwe had been accused of sexual harassment and that the woman had also reported the incident to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete.
According to the Sunday Times, the party’s secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe is expected on Monday to raise the issue with ANC leaders for their ”urgent consideration.” – Sapa