MK Party raises concerns over DCS’s response to Prim’s interview

Correctional Services officials are investigating how inmate Jermaine Prim was able to participate in a lengthy phone interview without approval. As Parliament awaits a report from the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) regarding convicted inmate Jermaine Prim’s media interview, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) has expressed concerns about the DCS’s response to the situation. During a recent telephonic interview on eNCA, journalist Heidi Giokos questioned Prim about his ties to Gayton McKenzie, the leader of the Patriotic Alliance.

During Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, which is probing allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, a letter from Primwas discussed inwhich he alleges McKenzie has connections to the drug trade. McKenzie hasrepeatedly denied this. In a Facebook Live on Sunday night, he said that he had never met Prim andrejected claims that the two had any relationship.

McKenzie said that he could be accused of many things, but not drugs. The DCS, meanwhile, said that it willbe investigatinghow the interview was able to be conducted.