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Fikile Mbalula Confirms ANC’s Step-In Policy for Malusi Gigaba After Court Appearance
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Fikile Mbalula Confirms ANC’s Step-In Policy for Malusi Gigaba After Court Appearance

by  Tebogo Mokwena
2 min read
  • The African National Congress's Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula, said the step-aside policy applies to former Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba
  • This was after Gigaba appeared in court after he was charged with corruption relating to an irregularly awarded tender
  • Mbalula said that Gigaba will voluntarily step aside as his case continues

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Tebogo Mokwena, Briefly News’ Deputy Head of Current Affairs, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, has covered policy changes, cabinet reshuffles, the State of the Nation Address, parliamentary proceedings, and politician-related news, as well as elections, at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News for over seven years.

Fikile Mbalula said that Malusi Gigaba, who is facing corruptin charges, will step aside
Malusi Gigaba will step aside. Image: MUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP via Getty Images
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GAUTENG — The African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, said that the step-aside policy applies to former Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba. This was after Gigaba appeared in court on 18 November 2025.

According to IOL, Mbalula spoke during a post-National Executive Committee meeting at Luthuli House on the same day that Gigaba appeared in court. He said that Gigaba will have to step aside and do that voluntarily. Mbaluola also said that he has not yet received a report from Gigaba about the corruption allegations against him.

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Gigaba, who was also the Minister of Public Enterprises and the Minister of Finance, appeared before the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court. He was charged with corruption relating to improper contracts and payments worth billions during his tenure as the Minister of Public Enterprises. MK Party members and former Transnet executives Brian Molefe and Siyabonga Gama are charged for the same criminal case and have already appeared in court.

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Others facing charges with Gigaba include directors of Regiments Capital, Niven Pillay and Lutha Nyhonyha, Regiments shareholder Eric Wood, Kuben Moodley from Albatime, and Daniel Roy, the director of Trillian. They have been charged with fraud, corruption, and money laundering.

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Tebogo Mokwena (Current Affairs editor) Tebogo Mokwena is the Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk and a current affairs writer at Briefly News. With a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON, he has a strong background in digital journalism, having completed training with the Google News Initiative. He began his career as a journalist at Daily Sun, where he worked for four years before becoming a sub-editor and journalist at Capricorn Post. He then joined Vutivi Business News in 2020 before moving to Briefly News in 2023.

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