It’s not like we weren’t expecting this, what with the president spending R260million on A HOUSE.

Luthuli House has told The Mail & Guardian that the ANC is in “such a dire financial situation that some workers had not received their salaries for more than two months”.

Secretary general Gwede Mantashe has also said that the ANC is “struggling to make ends meet”, with rumours being confirmed that over half of the ANC staff could lose their jobs in a bid to save some money.

The ANC has been unable to pay bonuses and salary increases partly owing to the shrinking of electoral funding, but also because the party has struggled to raise money from private funders over the past few years. It now faces liquidation threats from suppliers who are owed millions of rands for services they rendered to the ANC.

Six members of the ANC came forward to speak about what is happening. One said they were told “that if we want an increase, we better walk out [of the ANC]”.

Well that’s a nice place to work…

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