KwaZulu-Natal premier-elect Sihle Zikalala has distanced himself from an audio clip which purports that he knew in advance about the arrest of eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede.
On Monday, Zikalala was recommended as premier by the party's national executive committee, the ANC's highest decision-making body, after meeting in Irene, east of Pretoria.
After his nomination, Zikalala said he would reflect foremost on the 10 percentage point drop in support the ANC suffered in the province.In the more than four minute audio-clip, the two unidentified men are heard discussing at length Gumede's arrest in Zulu. They even claim that it was supposed to have taken place before the elections, but that a deal was struck that she be arrested after the vote.
One man, purporting to be a Hawks investigator, is heard saying:"Simbambe la emncane khona", which, loosely translated, means"she has no escape route now".He goes on to say that Gumede does not have any support now, to which the other one says she knew the investigators were waiting until after the elections to arrest her.
The alleged Hawks investigator then replies that Gumede was supposed to have been arrested last week but"we thought that they would think we’re playing politics, but we're not playing politics and decided to leave her".
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