Kodwa lauds ‘superiority’ of the ANC’s ideas, as court dismisses PR expert’s case
The High Court in Johannesburg on Monday dismissed the urgency of the lawsuit against the ANC for money it supposedly owed a public relations practitioner, for work done as part of a "covert" campaign, the party said. ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said the court had dismissed the urgent application with costs. "If she decides to take it further, we’ll prove on merit that she has not done any work for the ANC," he said. AmaBhungane reported earlier that according to court papers, the ANC had planned to spend R50m on a covert campaign targeting opposition parties during last year’s local government elections, and that it owed money for this. Public relations practitioner Sihle Bolani brought the case against the party, saying she was owed R2.2m for work done as part of the campaign. She represented her company before the urgent court application on Tuesday‚ saying she could not afford lawyers. Judge Leonie Windell told Bolani that she had to show the court that the matter was so urgent ...
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