10 September 2014
The National Union of
Metalworkers of South Africa has called on Deputy Minister of Defence and
Military Veterans Kebby Maphatsoe to withdraw statements he made insulting the
Public Protector.
It is alleged that Maphatsoe
alleged that Public Protector Thuli Madonsela was a CIA agent.
Numsa Spokesperson Castro
Ngobese has called for the African National Congress to take immediate action
against Maphatsoe.
Numsa Spokesperson Castro Ngobese said it is an offence to insult the Public Protector or
deputy Public Protector.
Ngobese said any person
convicted in terms of the Public Protector Act is liable to a fine not
exceeding R40 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or to
both such fine and such imprisonment.
“Claims that the Public
Protector is a CIA plant or her actions resemble those of a CIA agent’ are
unlawful Ngobese added.
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