How much did the ANC really spend on its municipal elections campaign?
In July, Water Affairs and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane told journalists the ANC spent more than R1bn on its campaign
THE ANC spent R380m on its election campaign for the August local government elections. This is according to a document by the SACP, released on Wednesday, on state power and the elections. According to the SACP, this was the amount accounted for by ANC treasurer-general Zweli Mkhize. "It is a figure that excludes the funding received by many individual ANC personalities and factions with strong ties to the corporate world, some of which would have been spent on the ANC campaign and some of it will have disappeared into private and factional pockets," said the SACP, which is an ANC alliance partner. Mkhize could not be reached immediately for comment. In July, while on the ANC campaign trail before the elections, Water Affairs and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane told journalists that the party had spent more than R1bn on its campaign. The ANC denied this. The party’s leaders refused to put a figure to the cost of the campaign, merely saying that no more than R500m had been spe...
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