WATCH: ANC in Amathole vows to defend mayor arrested on graft charges

24 May 2016 - 12:45
By Bongani Fuzile

Amathole District Municipality (ADM) mayor Nomasikizi Khonza has been arrested by the Hawks for alleged fraud involving more than R6-million of taxpayers’ money. Khonza was arrested together with a senior municipal official and former ADM councillor‚ Nanziwe Rulashe. Rulashe was the organiser of the controversial Miss Amathole Heritage pageant‚ which received R2-million from the cash-strapped municipality.

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