The Daily Dispatch newspaper reported how politically-connected “tenderpreneurs” cashed in on the Nelson Mandela’s chaotic memorial service in December last year.<\/p>\n
Factions in the ANC in the Eastern Cape had T-shirts made with public money.<\/p>\n
The newspaper said it broke the story a few weeks after Mandela’s funeral.<\/p>\n
Buffalo City municipality Mayor Zukiswa Ncitha and two others were arrested on Monday for alleged fraud involving Nelson Mandela’s memorial service, Eastern Cape officials said.<\/p>\n
Hawks spokesperson Paul Ramaloko confirmed on Monday that Ncitha, her deputy Temba Tinta and speaker Luleka Simon-Ndzele had been arrested and would appear in the East London Magistrate’s Court on the same day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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