Reality TV star and musician Papa Penny has torn into the ANC after dumping the organisation for Jacob Zuma's MK Party.
, the Limpopo-born singer – real name Gezane Eric Kobane – said he is sure about his decision to cut ties with the governing party to join former South African president, Zuma.Last week, Papa Penny submitted his resignation as both a councillor and a member of the ANC. He immediately joined the MK Party as a member and headlined theAfter leaving the ruling party, the 62-year-old alleged that he rejected a R15 million offer to stay.
“They are the ones who decided to put a price tag over my head and to make it seem as if MK Party gave me more. I know nothing about that R15m. Why would they give me that money while they’re failing to give people service delivery? … it doesn’t make sense to me,” he told“If they were doing right things to the people, this very time should’ve been theirs.
He further defended the MK Party leader: “No one is clean. If you want to go for who’s dirty – everybody is dirty. People need service delivery, we need economy in South Africa, we need to bring people together, we have to unite South Africa, we have to clean the suffering people, the poor people in the streets.”
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