Overview

• PA leader Gayton McKenzie said the party is leaving the ANC-led coalition in Johannesburg and will initiate steps to withdraw from the Government of National Unity.
• McKenzie cited the mayor’s failure to reinstate Kunene as transport MMC and pointed to ongoing water outages in areas such as Westbury as evidence of disrespect toward PA constituencies.
• A Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr investigation corroborated Kunene’s account that he was at Molefe’s house to facilitate a journalistic interview, leading the PA to lift his suspension and restore his party duties.
• The ANC in Johannesburg said it has not received formal notice of Kunene’s reinstatement, criticized the PA’s public ultimatum, and maintained that Kunene’s July resignation remains operative until due process is followed.
• Katiso ‘KT’ Molefe, accused in the 2022 killing of DJ Sumbody, was arrested in July and denied bail in August, and he remains in custody as proceedings continue.