Mduduzi Manana

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I am heart-broken and disappointed in myself as a leader of our great nation... It is clear that I have some 'personal' work to do. I have to get to the bottom of why I acted in the manner I did, and then address any underlying issues that prompted my unfortunate action. I believe this is the right thing to do for the country, for my organization and for me. Going forward, I have started seeking professional help so that I emerge as a stronger and better improved person. I have to deal with this problem so that I can continue serving my people as an effective member and leader in our society...
Fellow South Africans, you have every right to be angry at me and I deserve your anger in this matter because no matter how you look at it, it was wrong in every way. To this extent, I am sorry. I take all accountability and I promise that this will never happen again.

– Manana's resignation statement, 19 August 2017 [33]

Reportedly granted political leeway as a loyalist of President Zuma, Manana retained his seat as an ordinary member of the National Assembly. [34] As a backbencher, he served on the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements. [8] In addition, in December 2017, the ANC's 54th National Conference elected him to his first five-year term as a member of the ANC National Executive Committee. By number of votes received, he was the 27th-most popular candidate of the 80 ordinary members elected to the committee. [35]

Resignation from Parliament: 2018

In early May 2018, media reported that Manana's domestic worker, Christine Wiro, had laid a complaint against him with the police, alleging that he had tried to push her down the stairs in his home in Fourways. Wiro later withdrew the complaint, but the Sunday Times reported that she did so after Manana offered her R100,000 as a "consolation". The newspaper said that it had an audio recording of Manana making the offer. [36] Manana said that the recording in fact captured an attempt by Wiro and her family to blackmail him. [36] He said that he would sue her for extortion and denied that he had assaulted her, conceding that there had been an "altercation" but saying that it had ended with him asking her to leave his house. [37] The saga intensified calls for Manana to resign from Parliament, [38] but the National Prosecuting Authority announced on 23 July that it would not prosecute Manana in relation to the incident. [39]

However, also on 23 July, Parliament's Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests announced that Manana would face a disciplinary inquiry to determine Parliament's response to his 2017 assault conviction. [40] The following day – the day before his first scheduled appearance before the inquiry – Manana pre-empted the inquiry by announcing his resignation from Parliament. He said that he felt "totally exonerated" of Wiro's complaints against him, which he viewed as "rooted in a politically-motivated smear campaign against me by my political opponents", but he said that he had nonetheless decided to "focus my renewed energies on the work of my political organisation ahead of the 2019 general elections, my academic commitments and my business interests". [41]

Announcing his commitment to "eliminating gender-based violence", Manana said that he would donate R1 million to Khuluma Ndoda, a new men's social movement against gender-based violence, and R500,000 to a campaign to distribute sanitary packs to African girls. [41] ANC Chief Whip Jackson Mthembu said that Manana's voluntary resignation was "indicative of someone who has taken full responsibility and has shown remorse for his actions". [42]

Luthuli House: 2023–present

By February 2020, Manana said that he viewed himself as reformed, having resolved the anger issues that caused his outburst at Cubana; he reflected that, "I do not believe that women are angry, that South Africans are angry. I think they have forgiven me." [43] However, due to the ANC's new rules about criminal convictions, he was initially disqualified from standing for re-election to the party's National Executive Committee. [44] He succeeded in having the disqualification overturned and gained re-election at the ANC's 55th National Conference in December 2022. [45] Indeed, he was the second-most popular candidate, behind Sihle Zikalala. [46]

In the aftermath of his re-election, he was appointed to succeed Nomvula Mokonyane as the ANC's head of organising, a full-time position based out of ANC headquarters at Luthuli House in Johannesburg, and he was also retained as head of the ANC's National Dispute Resolution Committee. [47] [48] In addition, he was elected to the influential National Working Committee. [49]

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Mduduzi Manana
Member of the National Assembly
In office
6 May 2009 –24 July 2018