South Africa: 'ANC Planned to Sell Drugs to Fund 1999 Election Campaign' - Claim Surfaces in Court

Claims that nearly two decades ago the African National Congress (ANC) was in such financial difficulty that it planned to sell drugs to fund its 1999 election campaign were revealed in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday.

This allegation was contained in a statement made by a former member of an elite investigative unit set up by then-president Nelson Mandela.

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