'I couldn't leave my country to hyenas': Herman Mashaba hits back at suggestions he is a 'front'

“You have to be a special kind of smart to believe that I would leave a successful business career, use my own money to build a political party, only to be a front for someone else,” Mashaba wrote.

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has hit back at suggestions he is a front in his new political party. File photo.ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has hit back at suggestions he is not the real leader and founder of the party, but rather a front.

During a fiery exchange with a Twitter user on Thursday, Mashaba was asked who the “real founder of ActionSA” is. The former Johannesburg mayor did not take kindly to the insinuation he is a front, saying he would not have used his money to fund someone else's vision.You have to be a special kind of smart to believe that I would leave a successful business career, use my own money to build a political party, only to be a front for someone else,” he responded.

You have to be a special kind of smart to believe that I would leave a successful business career, use my own money to build a political party, only to be a front for someone else.

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