After being fired from Luthuli House on Thursday, the disbanded Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association’s former spokesperson, Carl Niehaus, suffered a double blow when the ANC refused to hear the appeal of his party membership suspension.
Niehaus, who worked in the secretary-general’s office, was fired by the ANC, which accused him of making false statements and purporting to speak for the disgruntled party staff members who had not been paid for months.