Justice Minister Penuell Maduna says he will not stand for re-election into the government next year. In an interview with the Sunday Independent newspaper, Maduna said he would serve in the African National Congress in any other capacity, "even as a floor sweeper". The minister's statement follows a series of allegations against him including nepotism and corruption in his department. Maduna also said that the ANC was being torn apart by allegations that National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka had been an apartheid spy. "The ANC is hurting bad," he said. "But I don't care anymore what this (battle) is doing. It has already done a lot of damage. Families are suffering." However, Maduna said he was not quitting his current post. "No I am not quitting. I will serve my full term but I will not stand again." Maduna's decision could make him the first victim of the escalating political row sparked by the Scorpions investigation into whether Deputy President Jacob Zuma solicited a R500,000 bribe from a French arms company bidding in the multi-billion rand arms deal. Maduna said he had promised his family that he would quit his high profile position. "I told the president, my family is saying I should resign because they cannot take it any longer," he said. President Thabo Mbeki's spokesman Bheki Khumalo said it was too early for the president to comment but "he has taken note of what Maduna is saying". He confirmed that Maduna had informed Mbeki that he would quit after next year's elections. ©SAPA