{"id":44014,"date":"2025-12-04T13:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=44014"},"modified":"2025-12-04T13:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:52:10","slug":"checkers-bags-used-for-money-morero-responds-to-allegations-of-bribery-at-anc-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/04\/checkers-bags-used-for-money-morero-responds-to-allegations-of-bribery-at-anc-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Checkers bags used for money? Morero responds to allegations of bribery at ANC conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>Two factions in the ANC are battling for control of Johannesburg.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The executive mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Dada Morero, has spoken out against vote buying at the ANC\u2019s Greater Johannesburg regional conference.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the party will elect its new leadership, but this process has been marred by allegations of vote-buying on both sides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe devil of money and money politics are wrong. While we try at all times to condemn them and to talk about them, they do happen. It is so unfortunate that the ANC has not had the ability as an organisation to say: \u2018how do we focus on this thing and destroy it once and for all?&#8217;\u201d he told <em>The Citizen<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Morero said the politics of money are destroying the ANC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitics of money affect us because we end up electing people who are not fit for the task,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Citizen <\/em>has received correspondence from some delegates complaining that certain benefactors have booked them into luxury venues around the Sandton area. They alleged that those booked into these venues are being bribed.<\/p>\n<p>There were also complaints about money moving around in checkers bags and in chocolate boxes or containers.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-factions\">The factions<\/h3>\n<p>There are currently two factions in this conference: one led by the current chairperson, Morero, and the other by the Gauteng MMC for Finance, Loyiso Masuku.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, a new slate emerged, representing the faces Morero is taking into the elections.<\/p>\n<p>This includes Matshidiso Mfikoe, who serves in the Gauteng legislature, and his Chief of Staff, Chris Vondo, among other notable names.<\/p>\n<p>Not much is known about the changes in Masuku\u2019s slate, but initial indications were that she is being backed by the current spokesperson of the region, Masilo Serekele, and the former secretary of the region, Sasabona Manganye.<\/p>\n<p>The delegates are expected to start voting on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOW READ: Morero\u2019s future on the line: Joburg mayor faces two big battles this week <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Checkers #bags #money #Morero #responds #allegations #bribery #ANC #conference<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two factions in the ANC are battling for control of Johannesburg. 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