PRETORIA – An internal disciplinary panel was requested to investigate the veracity of the accusations that she deliberately sought and disclosed confidential party information to Tau. As a result, Molapo was issued a notice of termination over the weekend.
Tau was dismissed from the ActionSA in November 2022 after allegations of sexual harassment and accusations that he had abused council resources. He was aggrieved by the dismissal and is involved in litigation to challenge it in the Gauteng High Court.
He has since formed his own political party, United Africans Transformation (UAT).
According to ActionSA, Tau used information he received from Molapo for political attacks against ActionSA.
Molapo was also said to have shared an event for UAT in a Tshwane executive WhatsApp group.
ActionSA national chairperson Michael Beaumont said the charges against Molapo were grave and that the party’s leadership took the disciplinary panel’s advice that the evidence warranted the termination of Molapo’s membership.
He stressed that the party had no problems with her relationship with Tau – a fact that was known for years.
ActionSA further notes reports alleging that Senate terminated her membership based solely on her personal relationship which simply isn’t true. Ms. Molapo’s relationship with Mr. Tau has been a matter of public record for some time.
It is believed that Ms. Molapo was involved in gathering information about complaints made against ActionSA members shortly before the information featured prominently in speeches made by Tau. Ms. Molapo also faced a prima facie case that made it clear that she had intimidated and/or harassed members of our Tshwane Caucus in an attempt to destabilise the party.
But, he said that deliberately sharing information and associating herself with comments against the party’s leader, Herman Mashaba, warranted the termination of her membership.
Among the evidence used was that Molapo liked a Facebook post of someone attacking Herman Mashaba in a social media thread, Beaumont said.
“This is a person who clearly does not want to be in ActionSA, and we are just assisting her with that decision,” he added. There was also an accusation Molapo bullied Tshwane caucus members, which, according to the party, created a culture of fear among members.
In the response, she told the party she and Tau were married traditionally in November 2022.
She said her relationship was being isolated and pointed out that other party members’ relationships were not, including that of Brutus Malada, who is married to DA member Mpho Phalatse.
“I have refuted all allegations and have provided substantial, prima facie evidence to support my arguments. I have demonstrated my innocence and as such, [the] ActionSA senate has no basis for terminating my immediate membership,” Molapo.
She plans to challenge her dismissal on the basis that it violates her constitutional rights, including the rights to freedom of association, freedom of expression and speech.
This is Molapo’s second dismissal from a political party.
While serving as a DA councillor in Tshwane in 2020, her membership was terminated after she was accused of sharing internal party information with the EFF.
Her dismissal also comes after the party faced questions about its Gauteng leader, Bongani Baloyi, who was asked to take a different role in the party because of challenges in political structures in the province.
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