TRENDING: Carl Niehaus, the serial orphan
Having a con man front her campaign doesn’t seem to bother Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in the slightest
The Sunday Times headline read: "How Carl Niehaus ‘killed’ mom to pay R4.3m debt". What followed was an extraordinary tale of deceit and dishonesty. Niehaus, who is the point man for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s campaign to become ANC president, claimed he would pay money owed for the rental of two Sandton apartments and other fees with money inherited from his deceased mother. But his mother, Magrietha Niehaus (88), is "very much alive", according to Chris du Plessis, an insurance broker who was named by Niehaus as the executor of his mother’s estate. Niehaus previously pretended that his father had died and that he needed to borrow money for the funeral. His father was alive at the time, but has since passed away.
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