Former Nelson Mandela Bay ANC boss Zandisile Qupe has six months to cough up R1.28m owed to the National Treasury, or his luxury Theescombe home will go under the hammer.
Details of how fraud and corruption accused Zandisile Qupe was paid nearly R3m to act as a “political influencer” while he was a leader of the ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay emerged in court on Thursday as the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) applied to have his luxury family home forfeited to the state.
It was between 2013 and 2015 when this newspaper began reporting on the looted millions meant for Nelson Mandela Bay’s Integrated Public Transport System (IPTS).