PA’s Gayton McKenzie suspends Kenny Kunene

JOHANNESBURG – The Patriotic Alliance (PA) has suspended its deputy president, Kenny Kunene, from all party activities for a month. Party leader Gayton McKenzie dealt Kunene the blow on Tuesday.

McKenzie said Kunene will be investigated after he was found at the home of alleged mastermind of DJ Sumbody’s murder, Katiso ‘KT’ Molefe. In an explosive revelation, Kunene confirmed that he was at Molefe’s house when police arrived to arrest the suspected killer.

Kunene claims he was at Molefe’s house to facilitate a meeting for a journalist from his online publication, Africa Global News, for a ‘potential exclusive story.’

McKenzie said he will write to the City of Johannesburg to have Kunene removed as Johannesburg MMC for Transport until the probe is completed.

“Kenny Kunene will be investigated. And I’m going to tell you who’s going to investigate him: lawyers of good character.

“While he’s being investigated, I’m going to remove him from being an MMC. I am going to write to them. I’m also going to tell him to stand back from politics for one month until the investigation is done,” McKenzie said.

The DA in Johannesburg earlier called on Kunene to resign, after reports that he was found at the home of the alleged mastermind of DJ Sumbody’s murder.

DA Johannesburg caucus leader, Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku, said the revelations were damning for Kunene.

“Criminality and underworld links seem to be entrenched in the Patriotic Alliance as their Johannesburg leader was found at the home of a suspected murderer during his arrest.”

Kayser-Echeozonjoku said the explanation given by Kunene, in explaining what he was doing at the house, is ‘laughable’ and must be rejected outright. “No, Kenny, you were not at a murder suspect’s house to ‘drive a journalist there’. The Patriotic Alliance shows itself more and more every day to not have the best interests of South Africa at heart. It is a selfish, underworld organisation that associates with crime and corruption.”

Kunene denied knowing Molefe, saying he was at home by coincidence.