Ace Magashule, African National Congress(ANC) secretary general says he does not see a problem after giving a resident money for food , though he did that during a campaign in Cape Town on Saturday , he did not feel like he was buying votes but instead helping those who are needy.
Magashule was on a door-to-door campaign in the Western Cape ahead of the general elections in May.
He was seen in a video during the campaign looking inside a resident’s fridge, he then speaks to the woman who lives in the house and says “there’s no food in this house” to which the woman responds “things are bad here”, Magashule then reaches for his pockets and hands the woman R400.
The woman expresses her gratitude as Magashule exits her home.
Magashule, like other senior members of the ANC were on the campaign trail across the country with President Cyril Ramaphosa taking to Kagiso, west of Johannesburg.
He said that he is confident the ANC will take the Western Cape after elections because the “voters are disillusioned with the DA”.
Magashule has been on the wrong side of the news since the publication of the book, Gangster State: unravelling Magashule’s web of capture by investigative journalist, Pieter-Louis Myburgh.
On Saturday, the presidency released a statement saying the new venue would allow for more people to be accommodated to witness the important national event.