JOHANNESBURG - The ANC has opened a criminal case against DA MP Mark Burke and a company linked to him.
ANC Chief Whip Mdumiseni Ntuli says the charges relate to serious allegations involving about four-billion rand currently under investigation by the South African Reserve Bank.
Burke is a beneficiary of Kastelo, and has stepped down from Parliament’s Finance Committee and Finance Cluster while the Reserve Bank inquiry is underway.
The DA says his decision is intended to avoid a perceived conflict of interest.
"After consultation with Dr Mark Burke, we have decided that out of an abundance of caution, and to avoid any perceptions of a conflict of interest, he will no longer serve on the finance committee or in the finance cluster while a company he is a beneficiary of is the subject of an inquiry by the SARB. We have now effected that change," the DA said in a statement earlier this week.
Kingsley Wakelin has taken over as the DA’s Finance spokesperson.
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