Patriotic Alliance refutes drug trade allegations against Gayton McKenzie

Founder member and president of the Patriotic Alliance, Gayton McKenzie, and the party’s deputy president, Kenny Kunene. The Patriotic Alliance has denied allegations against Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, regarding his alleged ties to the drug trade, which surfaced during Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee hearings. While Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations made by SAPS KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, wrapped up its oral hearings, it did so, revealing several allegations and new evidence.

On Wednesday, uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s (MK Party) David Skosana used his time to further question Mkhwanazi about the allegations made in a letter he received from an incarcerated individual, Jermaine Prim. Mkhwanazi acknowledged that the letterconstituted hearsay evidence.In the letter, Prim alleges to have a voice recording linking McKenzie with drug dealers and drug money. Mkhwanazi acknowledged that the letterconstituted hearsay evidence.

In the letter, Prim alleges to have a voice recording linking McKenzie with drug dealers and drug money. The PA’s Deputy President, Kenny Kunene, dismissed the allegations as lies on Friday, saying that neither he nor the minister is involved in drugs. Kunene also claimed that during the by-elections in 2019, Prim’s mother was tasked with cooking for young people doing groundwork for the PA. They found that food and groceries “were disappearing under her care”, and after this evidence was raised, she was removed from the PA and cooking duty.