No Need For Explanations Says Zizi Kodwa Of R50K CR17-Linked Payment

Riyaz Patel

Deputy State Security Minister Zizi Kodwa said he does not need to explain why Cyril Ramaphosa’s ANC presidential campaign paid him R50,000 almost two years after the governing party’s Nasrec conference.

Kodwa, who is also a member of the ANC’s national executive committee, confirmed he received the money from a bank account linked to Ramaphosa’s campaign, but said the payment was not linked to the CR17 campaign.

A weekend report by City Press alleges that Kodwa and the Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula also received payment from Ramaphosa’s campaign for the ANC presidency.

The publication also claims that there was a third recipient, a man by the name Jabu Mchunu, who was also paid on the same date as Mbalula and Kodwa.

When Kodwa received the R50,000, he was the head of the Presidency at Luthuli House, a year after Ramaphosa was elected president.

Speaking on PowerFM, he insisted that the payment