Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has joined a food fight raging among political leaders in the province. She came out in support of the DA’s provincial party leader and MEC for Human Settlements in the province, and his surprise multilayered‚ multicoloured R3,000 birthday cake. It has emerged that the cake had been a gift from a contractor to Bonginkosi Madikizela. He had not declared it because he allegedly had no prior knowledge of the gift. Meanwhile, acting provincial ANC leader Khaya Magaxa said the DA always got away with murder when its scandals were exposed. He has called on state law-enforcement agencies to investigate the allegations against Madikizela. Magaxa was speaking after Zille penned a column on Monday in defence of Madikizela‚ who is also her close ally‚ claiming the cake debacle had been manufactured to discredit him before the party’s conference in August. But Magaxa implied that Madikizela may have known about his surprise birthday party and his expensive cake....
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