ANC to return Survè’s R1 million donation

Due to the party’s inability to conduct an assessment of the impact of a recent R1 million alleged to have been made by businessman Iqbal Survè, the party has decided to give Survè back his money.

Speaking to News24, acting ANC provincial chairperson Khaya Magaxa explained that most of their donation requests go through a “thorough assessment” before being accepted by the party.

“Due to the fact that this happened a mere three days before the election, we had no time to do such an assessment or to consider how such a donation would be perceived given the revelations made at the commission of inquiry into allegations of impropriety regarding the Public Investment Corporation,” said Magaxa.

Survè is said to have made the donation on Sunday at an intimate but public gathering at a restaurant in Cape Town’s Silo District and chalked his donation up to his desire to “deepen democracy” through funding the feeding of volunteers and the transporting of voters to and from voting stations.

Despite this, the ANC maintains that they “remain confident that, despite the fact that we need all help at this stage, returning the donation is the right to do”.

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