in brief

“VOLUNTARILY STEP ASIDE.”

— wrote to party national executive committee (NEC) member and deputy finance minister David Masondo, asking him to “voluntarily step aside” from his responsibilities in government and the party. Masondo is alleged to have abused state resources to resolve a domestic dispute. The chairperson of the committee, George Mashamba, said Masondo allegedly showed poor judgment in involving the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations (Hawks) in a domestic matter, which opened him