EFF to pay off Phakoe’s house

Published Jul 24, 2015

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Rustenburg -The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) will pay off the house of slain Rustenburg councillor Moss Phakoe, party leader Julius Malema said on Friday.

“The first R100 000 will be paid on Monday, and arrangement will be made with the bank for monthly installment. We are rescuing the house and also we will approach the best legal minds around to see what recourse do we have in reopening the case,” Malema said.

The EFF leader made the commitment to Phakoe’s family during his visit to family in Rustenburg Noord. He laid a wreath at the spot where Phakoe was gunned down in 2009.

Malema said the bank had indicated to the family that the house would be attached at the end of this month.

“We want to preserve the legacy of Bra Moss,”Malema said. “We cannot let the house to go.”

Phakoe was shot dead at his home in Rustenburg Noord on March14, 2009, after he had handed over a dossier detailing corruption in the Rustenburg municipality to high-ranking ANC officials, including secretary general Gwede Mantashe and President Jacob Zuma.

Phakoe also handed the dossier to former co-operative governance minister Sicelo Shiceka.

Former Rustenburg mayor Matthew Wolmarans and his bodyguard Enoch Matshaba were later convicted and sentenced for Phakoe’s murder.

Wolmarans was jailed for 20 years and Matshaba was sentenced to life in prison in July 2012.

However, in June 2014, the North West High Court set aside the conviction and sentences of Wolmarans and Matshaba for Phakoe’s murder.

The two had appealed their sentence on the basis of new evidence.

ANA

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