News24 | PODCAST | The Lead: Adriaan Basson names SA’s dirtiest politician

Could this be South Africa’s dirtiest politician? Now elevated to a key mayoral committee position in the decaying City of Johannesburg, we ask: how did Sithembiso Zungu, despite dogged claims he’s embroiled in the “Construction Mafia”, rise so quickly in the ANC?

It’s a critical position in the now crumbling City of Johannesburg: a mayoral committee member for group corporate and shared services.

It may sound a bit vague.

But in this seat, you’re responsible for finance management, the city’s IT infrastructure, and supply chain processes.

And it’s now occupied by one, Mr Sithembiso Zungu.

He’s an ANC politician who has anything but quietly climbed the political ranks, as allegations of his running of a local construction cartel have followed him for years, enough to attract a Hawks investigation.

Zungu may well be Mzansi’s dirtiest politician, argues News24 editor-in-chief, Adriaan Basson, who joins us in Tuesday’s edition of The Lead.

Finally, show host Graeme Raubenheimer ends with a new segment: “On This Day in History”, courtesy SA History Online.

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