Durban mayor sings different tune over Zuma’s R200k deal
Durban - ETHEKWINI mayor Zandile Gumede and Thembinkosi Ngcobo, the head of the parks, culture and recreation unit, appear to be singing different tunes over former president Jacob Zuma’s recording deal with the city. Ngcobo this week tabled a report containing details of the recording with the former president and co-artists to the community service committee. According to the report, Zuma and his team would be paid an honorarium of R200000 as part of city’s 25 years of democracy celebration.
Speaking to the Sunday Tribune, Gumede said she only read about the recording deal in the media. “You can ask Ngcobo about that since it was raised in the committee. Probably, it will be on the agenda in the next exco meeting. At this stage, I have no knowledge of such recording,” she said.This was Ngcobo’s second bid to involve Zuma in the project.
Explaining the event before the committee on Thursday, Ngcobo said it was part of the Liberation Heritage Routes Project. He said it was started in 2009 when the uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association held a two-day symposium in Durban to preserve the liberation movement’s history.
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