THE Free State provincial legislature has ordered the investigation of nude photos of the Speaker, that recently went viral.
The screen shots of a video showing naked Ntombizanele Sifuba started making the rounds on social media on Monday, 31 October.
Legislature spokesman Life Mokone said: “The legislature will establish investigations into this gender-based violence. This is harassment and whoever spread the video must face the law. This is an insult to elderly women.”
EFF provincial secretary Bosanku Msimanga blamed the incident on ANC infighting before the party’s elective conference.
“We don’t classify gender-based violence according to the party one belongs to. We strongly condemn the spread of the Speaker’s private and personal photos.
“It goes without saying that this was politically motivated.
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“Their conference must remain principled and not humiliate women,” he said.
ANC provincial spokesman Oupa Khoabane said disputed claims that the photos were spread for political reasons.
“At the moment, the party knows nothing beyond rumours circulating on social media platforms,” he said.
DA leader in the legislature Roy Jankielsohn said his party had told members not to spread photos of that nature.
Sifuba is not the first ANC official to trend on social media with explicit content.
In 2018, a video showing then Home Affairs minister Malusi Gigaba’s private parts went viral.
