Pallo Jordan resigns

[James]

Pallo Jordan has resigned from Parliament and apologised to the ruling party after reports that his qualifications are false, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Monday.

Jordan had also offered to resign from the national executive committee (NEC) of the ANC and from the ANC.

"True to his character, he has apologised to the ANC, its membership and South Africa as a whole," Mantashe said in a statement.

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[McT]

Quite sad and pitiful that a man of his character should come to this sort of political demise.