Still no arrests in Richmond political killings - Moerane Commission hears
Durban – Little has been done to find the killers of Richmond municipality manager Sibusiso Sithole, because he opposed corruption and maladministration, the Moerane Commission of Inquiry heard on Monday.
ANC infighting in the province contributed to the murders of Sithole and three others in Richmond this year, DA MP Dean Macpherson testified. All the murders were apparently politically motivated.
He said Sithole was putting a halt to the ANC raising money through corruption, money that would have been used for the party's elective conference in December.
"We know there is an elective conference coming up at the end of the year. To get delegates to vote in specific ways, that costs money.
"There are few ways to raise that money. One way is through tenders. We know the corruption that takes place through the tender system. Sithole was on the other side of the faction. He was a blockage to access to that."