Former ANC MP Makhosi Khoza has lambasted President Cyril Ramaphosa and the party for including members facing serious allegations of corruption into their list of candidates expected to head to parliament after the elections.

Khoza, who has since returned to politics after “resigning” in 2017, says she is vindicated for leaving the governing party as it proves to have no desire to cleanse itself.

"How do you explain that the very same people that are implicated in the state capture [commission] are in the list of the ANC and they are going to parliament?

"There is no commitment to rooting out corruption in the ANC. There is not going to be any commitment of electoral reforms because they are benefiting from the current system and therefore, they are going to remain with the status quo," Khoza told Sowetan yesterday.

Her remarks follow the party’s inclusion of a number of current and former ministers on the list who have several controversies hanging over their heads that has drawn much attention.