ANC wants to get out of lease at Gupta-linked building in Cape Town
The Western Cape ANC says it is looking for new offices for its provincial HQ and trying to get out of its lease at a Cape Town building linked to the Gupta family
The ANC wants out of its lease at Sahara House‚ a property in the Cape Town CBD linked to the Gupta family. Western Cape provincial secretary Faiez Jacobs said on Monday that the search was on for new offices in the city, and the existing lease was being "sorted out". It was widely reported that the party once used the offices rent free. But things changed after some members in the province refused to back President Jacob Zuma in the run-up to the 2012 Mangaung elective conference. Former provincial secretary Songezo Mjongile reportedly said that at one stage the party negotiated with the Guptas when it was about to be evicted for not paying rent. Jacobs revealed the plan to relocate when asked about the contradiction in the ANC in the Western Cape condemning state capture yet operating from provincial headquarters linked to the Guptas, who featured prominently in former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s state-capture report. "Currently‚ we are using the provincial constituency off...
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