Cape Town - The opposition African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) on Tuesday announced a press briefing to welcome former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor to the party.
The media briefing was scheduled for Thursday morning at Parliament, the party said in a Twitter post.
"The African Christian Democratic Party will hold a media conference on Thursday, 28 March 2019, to welcome Vytjie Mentor and others to the ACDP."
Neither party leaders nor Mentor could immediately be reached for further details.
Mentor is a former chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on public enterprises, who has claimed that the Gupta family offered her a Cabinet post in return for political favours.
The African Christian Democratic Party will hold a media conference on Thursday, 28 March 2019, to welcome Vytjie Mentor and others to ACDP
Date: Thursday, 28 March 2019
Time: 11:00
Venue: Committee Room E249, 2nd Floor, New Wing, National Assembly Building, Parliament
— ACDP South Africa (@A_C_D_P) March 26, 2019
She has been outspoken in her criticism of the ANC recently. Her decision to join the conservative ACDP comes just more than a month before national elections.