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April 26, 2008 Edition 1

CARVIN GOLDSTONE

The houses-for-votes saga in Durban took another turn yesterday after a report in an ANC Chatsworth branch newsletter called for people who did not support the ANC to be left out when the allocation of new houses takes place.

The article surfaced not long after members of the ruling party denied any link to adverts which assured people that if they voted for the ANC in an upcoming by-election they would be given houses.

The article, which appears in the latest edition of the ANC Chatsworth branch’s official newsletter, The Khulisa Khronicle, suggests that ANC senior members knew very well about the houses-for-votes stance.

The branch is chaired by ANC Chatsworth chairman Visvin Reddy who confirmed to The Independent on Saturday yesterday that the newsletter was definitely theirs.

Reddy refused to comment on the article, but said he should rather be quoted from the newsletter.

The article quotes Reddy saying “those who did not support the ANC should not be allocated these houses”.

In the article ANC members are said to have told party members that 3 500 houses were to be built in Chatsworth.

DA leader in eThekwini John Steenhuisen said the article undermines the recent denials by ANC office bearers that the ANC was involved in such activities.

“This article confirms statements made in a recent SMS and newspaper adverts placed by the ANC in Chatsworth papers. The gist of all these is that the council will only deliver houses and services to ANC members in Chatsworth,” said Steenhuisen.