DEFAMATION CASE: Mbalula, Dlamini Zuma legal teams clash in court over vote-buying claims

An ANC delegate who claims he witnessed Fikile Mbalula distributing money to delegates at the 2022 Nasrec conference has emerged at the centre of the legal battle between Fikile Mbalula and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.
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