Zululand mayor says MEC lying about business breakfast cost

Zululand Mayor Thulasizwe Buthelezi spoke with eNCA's Tumelo Mothotoane about allegations that the municipality hosted a R5-million breakfast. Courtesy of #DStv403

DURBAN - The Zululand District Municipality is accused of spending R5-million on a business breakfast.

The meeting took place last week at the Elangeni Hotel in Durban.

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It appears the council did not approve the budget for the event, which is now being probed by the provincial government.

Mayor Thulasizwe Buthelezi has hailed the gathering as a success and stated the provincial MEC Sipho Hlomuka is lying about the cost.

He said, "these allegations are totally baseless. They are a figment of the MEC's imagination."

"We had an overwhelmingly successful business breakfast where we only spent an amount of R137,000 to host this investment seminar and we secured R600-million worth of investment in tourism and water infrastructure, which we unveiled on the day."

Buthelezi said the MEC is pursuing a political agenda.