Mashatile warned of elaborate plot to charge him with perjury

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has been tipped off to Whats App messages involving two cabinet ministers and a senior NPA official discussing a plot to charge him.

- By Mzilikazi wa Afrika

The ministers and NPA official, who are known to Sunday World, cannot be named for legal reasons.

According the WhatsApp messages, the two ministers told the NPA official to charge Mashatile with perjury after a case was opened against him by a group of disgruntled ANC members in North West.

In the message, one of the ministers informed the official to "please proceed with the prosecution".

When the official asked if some government leaders were aware of the proposal to charge Mashatile, the question was responded to with a forwarded message suggesting that they were aware.

When the official asked where the forwarded message was coming from, the official was told it was transmitted by the other minister, who was not part of the conversation.