South Africa’s Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo has been asked to step down by the governing African National Congress party’s integrity commission for involving an elite police unit in a dispute with a former lover. Masondo has been tasked with driving pro-growth economic reforms and is among potential successors to current Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. In a letter to Masondo seen by Reuters, the ANC’s integrity commission said his actions had brought the party into disrepute and showed poor judgment. Neither Masondo, the ANC nor the chairman of the integrity commission responded to requests for comment. The integrity commission is expected to deliberate further.

Source: Standard Digital August 01, 2020 11:48 UTC