The DA and ANC are locking horns in KZN ahead of next year's general election, with allegations and new alliances shaping the battlefield.
is yet to announce their premier candidate, ANC chair in the province Siboniso Duma was touted as a possible candidate.hopeful KZN premier candidate and uMngeni local municipality mayor Chris Pappas came under fire over allegations of excessive grants to a newly established non-profit organisation solely owned by his ex-fiancé JP Prinsloo.ally Sizwe Mchunu lodged a complaint with the public protector’s office and accused Pappas of “spousal nepotism and corruption”.
“In his resignation, Prinsloo pointed out that he resigned to further his business career NPO,” he stated in the letter. “Every point we check now indicates the ANC is not likely to win a majority in KZN. So the war where we are going to start hearing issues of corruption being raised is really the ANC being desperate,” he said.Pappas refuted the claims of
He said uMngeni Tourism was one of three NPOs which were funded by the municipality and it was established before he took over as mayor. Pappas further denied his ex-fiancé’s other company, Growth Spurt Consultancy , received a tender as a consultant to uMngeni Tourism in hosting the Light Up uMngeni Festival last December. He said GSC was only registered last month.
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