Struggling farmer Meshack Ncongwane was a life-long supporter of South Africa�...
VREDE, South Africa/JOHANNESBURG - Struggling farmer Meshack Ncongwane was a life-long supporter of South Africa’s governing African National Congress, but says the party won’t get his vote in parliamentary and provincial elections next week.
Prosecutors say 220 million rand in public money invested in the dairy project was siphoned off, some of it into accounts linked to the Guptas, a wealthy and influential family.Prosecutors say they are building a case after dropping charges last year against three provincial officials and five business associates due to insufficient evidence. All those accused have denied wrongdoing.
ANC spokesman Dakota Legoete said he could not speak about individual cases, but the party was determined to fight corruption and had taken steps including setting up four separate judicial enquiries to look into alleged graft.Anger over allegations of widespread corruption during Jacob Zuma’s presidency, from 2009 until 2018, propelled his successor Ramaphosa into office in February last year.
Small scale farmer Meshack Ncongwane, who along with 80 other farmers was supposed to benefit from a stake in the Estina Dairy Farm, speaks during an interview in Vrede, South Africa, April 17, 2019. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham Some political analysts said such scandals were unlikely to deprive the ANC of its core base, which is mostly rural and poor, and votes on issues that affect livelihoods, such as social grants.
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