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ANC defends Mbalula amid charges over 'Cwecwe' case
Cape Argus
|June 17, 2025
THE ANC has come to the defence of its secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, after Bergview College principal Jaco Pieterse filed criminal charges against him.
Pieterse, represented by AfriForum’s Private Prosecuting Unit, alleges that Mbalula, along with EFF leader Julius Malema and Eastern Cape Education MEC Fundile Gade, violated his dignity by falsely accusing him of raping a child.
Pieterse claims the trio publicly accused him of raping a 7-year-old girl, known as Cwecwe, after her mother suspected that she was raped, however, medical reports had since found that there were no traces of sexual assault.
The ANC has slammed AfriForum’s decision to pursue the matter, calling it “disingenuous, ideologically driven, and flawed”.
This story is from the June 17, 2025 edition of Cape Argus.
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