ANC Defends Selection Of Chinese As Legislator

South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) on Saturday defended its decision of selecting Xiaomei Havard as a member of parliament, saying the country is a non-racial and non-sexist.
ANC Chief Whip, Pemmy Majodina, said Havard is a trained ICT professional, a computer scientist, a businesswoman and a philanthropist with a PhD.
She has lived in South Africa since 1994 and married her partner, who is a South African citizen and qualifies for citizenship in accordance with the law.
“In May 2019, she stood for elections on an ANC ticket, having gone through a national list process and emerged as candidate 130 on the ANC national list as verified by the Independent Electoral Commission.
Her party, the ANC included her name in the national list and her appointment meets Constitutional muster and is allowed,’’ said Majodina.
Majodina added that she has been supporting the ANC for more than 15 years.