ANC regional secretary and Mashatile ally rejects claim that he bought votes for December conference

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ANC regional secretary and Mashatile ally rejects claim that he bought votes for December conference - Nelson Mandela Bay regional secretary Luyolo Nqakula has spoken out in a bid to clear his name amid an internal investigation into vote buying

In a letter dated 3 November, acting regional secretary and former Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Eugene Johnson requested Nqakula to respond to the allegation within seven working days.

Nqakula is a known ally of Babalo Madikizela, who lost the Eastern Cape ANC conference to Oscar Mabuyane. He is among the ANC leaders in the province who are lobbying for Phumulo Masualle to take the position of secretary general. Nqakula is also part of the Madikizela faction that has close ties to acting secretary general Paul Mashatile. denied that the money had been a bribe and said he had not been contacted by the office of the regional secretary about a bribe.

“Can you clarify myself as to what constitutes bribery in that regard? And what is the correlation between this good deed and vote buying? I must state to yourselves as it is well known to you as the regional executive committee [REC] officials that as a comrade I indeed have a giving hand as and when required to do so, and when I am in a position to do so. That is what being a comrade is.

Mini said that Nqakula had assisted him with a car emergency, adding that he had paid back the money. Nqakula urged regional officials to be preoccupied with the task at hand of leading the region and ensuring the implementation of conference resolutions. He said regional officials should disabuse themselves with the general obsession with his name.

 

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