TWITTER REACTS: #MduduziManana lays extortion charges against domestic worker
FOURWAYS – Mduduzi Manana has asked his lawyers to file a legal suit against his domestic worker, who previously claimed that he had tried to push her down the stairs.
After reports emerged on Monday, 7 May, that ANC MP and former deputy minister Mduduzi Manana was involved in more allegations of woman abuse, Manana released a statement last night about the incident.
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Manana’s domestic worker, Catherine Wiro, claimed that Manana had tried to push her down the stairs in his home in Fourways on Sunday, 6 May. According to the Citizen, Manana reportedly denied the abuse of his middle-aged domestic worker and claimed that he’d been trying to prevent his employee from being raped in his home.
He further implied that she may have stolen from him. Wiro has since withdrawn the charges laid against Manana which has raised suspicion among some quarters.
In his statement he also said, ““I am aware that a case of assault has been withdrawn but I have instructed my lawyers to file a legal suit against the Wiro family for extortion as they demanded an amount of R100 000. Instead, I gave Ms Wiro money that was due to her for the two-week period that she worked at my home. Further details on this specific matter remain sub judice.”
Here is what people have said on social media:
This #MduduziManana person is too much! pic.twitter.com/cQBHEAvnr9
— Tshepo Motsitsi (@tshepo_motsitsi) May 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/DOrOthEeY/status/993769045735428096
#MduduziManana is not mentally stable. His story doesn’t add up. Who sues a domestic worker? What is he aiming to get?
— Antuza (@antuza_11) May 8, 2018
So mduduzi manana again pays off a woman and a card out of jail. What country is this mara? #MduduziManana #thatsnotok
— Eve Rasimeni (@everasimeni) May 8, 2018
That #MduduziManana would do himself good than try to intimidate his former domestic helper via his lawyers. Won’t end well for him.
— Sydney (@sydney263) May 8, 2018
Really though, suing his domestic worker, for what exactly? #MduduziManana
— Be Nice Be Kind (@ZandaMgumane) May 8, 2018
Can this guy be fired already😡 I think we all believe he offered her that 100k but now he wants to paint a different picture because of the public outcry regarding his abusive behaviour! He needs to be dealt with accordingly before someone else gets hurt! #mduduzimanana https://t.co/kyddjqOFym
— Katlego Kuiken Semusa (@_KatlegoSemusa) May 8, 2018
#MduduziManana The ANC Women's League says it is supporting the 53-year old domestic worker who previously claimed she was assaulted by Mduduzi Manana. She dropped the charges a few hours later.
— Mia Lindeque (@MiaLindeque) May 8, 2018
#MduduziManana this is a ticking time bomb, then later the nation will be divided when we've seen it coming
— Vincentia Dlamini (@boogie_dlamini) May 8, 2018
