Claim that ANC planned to sell drugs to fund 1999 campaign is ‘spurious’
The claim came to light in a trial in which police officer Andre Lincoln is suing the police minister for R15m in damages for alleged malicious prosecution
The ANC has criticised claims that the party had planned to sell illegal narcotics to fund its 1999 election campaign. Last week‚ News24 ran an article headlined: ANC planned to sell drugs to fund 1999 election campaign — claim surfaces in court. It dealt with the testimony of a former member of an elite investigative unit set up by former president Nelson Mandela, whose statement — written 20 years ago — was read out in the High Court in Cape Town, as part of the ongoing civil trial brought by Maj-Gen Andre Lincoln‚ himself a former member of the unit. Lincoln’s legal representative, advocate Johann Nortje, read out the statement of the former unit member during cross-examination of Leonard Knipe‚ former head of the murder and robbery unit. Lincoln was suing the minister of police for R15m in damages for alleged malicious prosecution after he and other members of the unit were arrested on criminal charges. ANC national spokesperson Zizi Kodwa was scathing about the claim. "The ANC ...
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