Sisulu willing to open books to show how campaign is funded

HUMAN Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has offered to reveal how her presidential campaign is being funded.

Sisulu offered to make her bank statements public during a discussion with Karima Brown at Radio 702’s Townhall Meeting on Wednesday.

“There are people, especially my family and friends, who are offering and have offered to pay,” she said.

“What attracts me to my campaign is I know everybody who is in that campaign has come out of commitment‚ deep-seated commitment. Not one of them has come hoping to get anything out of it.”

The presidential hopeful said she wanted people to trust her and know that she would safeguard the values of the ANC. Sisulu spoke about the presidential campaign after members of the party made themselves available to replace President Jacob Zuma.

“It is quite a difficult space to be in. In the ANC we don’t campaign.”

On why she thought she was right for the job‚ she said: “I am standing [for ANC president] because I’ve come to a point where I’ve realised that we are at a crossroads.

“I have realised that we have just repeated what we had in Polokwane.

“We are going through a difficult time in the ANC.

“The factions are almost identical in the palpability to those which we had in Polokwane and it is not good for the ANC‚ for democracy‚ or for the general public.”