{"id":919730,"date":"2022-01-26T13:52:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T13:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/26\/zamani-saul-says-rape-and-corruption-allegations-are-the-latest-instalment-of-vile-attacks-against-him\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T13:52:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T13:52:08","slug":"zamani-saul-says-rape-and-corruption-allegations-are-the-latest-instalment-of-vile-attacks-against-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/26\/zamani-saul-says-rape-and-corruption-allegations-are-the-latest-instalment-of-vile-attacks-against-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Zamani Saul says rape and corruption allegations are the latest instalment of vile attacks against him"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cape Town – Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul has hit back at the EFF in the Northern Cape for a letter from the party demanding that he respond to rape, corruption and abuse of power allegations levelled against him on social media platforms.<\/p>\n

Saul\u2019s spokesperson, Bronwyn Thomas-Abrahams, said they had received the letter, complete with the EFF\u2019s letterhead and signed off by the party\u2019s Northern Cape provincial secretary Shadrack Tlhaole, from the local media as a query on Monday. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe EFF did not send it directly to us,\u201d Thomas-Abrahams said.<\/p>\n

Among the allegations listed by Tlhaole is that Saul committed offences and \u201ccontrived the law\u201d when he had a sexual relationship with an underage girl who at the time was 15 years old, while it is further alleged that a child was born out of the relationship.<\/p>\n

Tlhaole goes on to say that it is alleged that Saul has a history of engaging in sexual acts with young girls, especially schoolchildren.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cOther allegations are that the wife of the premier who currently occupies a position in government is not qualified and\/or is under-qualified to occupy such position and it is alleged that she was appointed to the said position due to close proximity to yourself,\u201d Tlhaole said.<\/p>\n

He added that the woman who Saul is alleged to have raped is also employed in the said department and is a subordinate of the premier\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe allegations are that the premier\u2019s wife is abusing her position of power by harassing and victimising the said woman. We wish to record that, at this stage, the EFF does not know the identity, originator and writer of these serious allegations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHowever, it is the EFF\u2019s position and considered view that such allegations warrant a response from the premier in order to restore confidence, dignity to his person and in particular, respect to the office of the premier,\u201d Tlhaole said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore, the allegations that the premier is involved in corrupt practices and nepotism whereby he influences decisions to appoint people in his close proximity in government positions is not only disturbing but erodes the confidence that the public has in that office,\u201d Tlhaole said.<\/p>\n

He has demanded answers from Saul on whether he influenced the decision to appoint his wife and \u201chis alleged mistress\u201d in the positions they are currently occupying in government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDo those individuals qualify to hold those positions and if so, a detailed account is required with supporting documents. We await your extremely urgent response,\u201d Tlhaole concluded.<\/p>\n

However, Saul said that they had not received a formal letter from the EFF despite the letter being addressed to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not in the business of responding to silly rumours which are being spread on social media, but the letter of the EFF invites us into this terrain and the EFF also confirms that they do not have verified information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI note, with deep concern and disappointment, the latest instalment of false and vile attacks against my person perpetrated by faceless people. This is just a lousy attempt to drag my name into the most heinous acts that can be perpetrated against a woman. In the process my family and those close to me are subjected to unnecessary hurt,\u201d Saul said.<\/p>\n

He added that with this being a year of ANC conferences, set to culminate with the party\u2019s 55th National Conference in December, these were among the lowest of tactics set to be employed in the hope that he would be shaken.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who know me, even the faceless social media trolls, know these are nonsensical political sideshows not even worth the social media space posted in. I do not have time to respond to stupid and false allegations by some bored imbeciles that think that the social media platform is about concocting lies and attacking the integrity of other people,\u201d Saul said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cape Town – Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul has hit back at the EFF in the Northern Cape for a letter from the party demanding that he respond to rape, corruption and abuse of power allegations levelled against him on social media platforms. Saul\u2019s spokesperson, Bronwyn Thomas-Abrahams, said they had received the letter, complete with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-919730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}