South African Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa is charged with taking bribes.He is accused of taking 1.6 million rand ($85,000) in bribes in connection with contracts handed by the city of Johannesburg to upgrade and maintain the metro’s software systems. The allegations relate to the time when Kodwa was the national spokesperson for the ANC and later the deputy minister of state security. Police allege that Kodwa used some of the bribe money to buy a “luxury” SUV vehicle. Jehan Mackay stands accused of paying former ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa the money to Zizi Kodwa in exchange for using his influence in the ANC to direct State tenders to EOH - the company he heads. |