A South African Cabinet minister who is a senior member of the African National Congress party has appeared in court over allegations of bribery. His appearance Wednesday comes just as his party is meeting for talks to work out a way forward for the country after an election deadlock.
was arrested and appeared in court on Wednesday over allegations of bribery, just as his party was meeting for talks to work out a way forward for the countryfaces charges of taking bribes of around $90,000, according to police. He appeared in a courtroom in Johannesburg alongside another suspect in the case. Kodwa said he intended to plead not guilty to the charges.
Kodwa, 54, is a member of the ANC’s internal National Working Committee, which met Tuesday as the party discussesafter losing its 30-year majority in an election last week. The ANC has not given any indication of which other party or parties it Kodwa was implicated in taking bribes from a businessman at a judicial inquiry in 2021 that looked into allegations ofinvolving ANC officials and others. The allegations relate to the time when Kodwa was the national spokesperson for the ANC and later the deputy minister of state security.
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