Overview
- PA leader Gayton McKenzie confirmed Kunene’s nomination and said the party will reconsider it only if the investigation delivers adverse findings, while Kunene remains on suspension and declined to comment.
- Senior party sources said the decision to field Kunene for Johannesburg was made before his July suspension tied to questions about his presence at Katiso “KT” Molefe’s home.
- Law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr is leading the inquiry, has interviewed Kunene and other witnesses, and the final report will be published once complete.
- The PA reshuffled its slate, moving 24-year-old Liam Jacobs to be Cape Town mayoral candidate and Youth League president, with the party saying he will resign his Johannesburg council seat.
- Molefe, accused in the 2022 DJ Sumbody murder, remains in custody after being denied bail and is due back in court this week, a case that prompted Kunene’s July resignation as Johannesburg transport MMC.