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City of uMhlathuze dismisses claims of mayor's arrest
The Mercury
|June 20, 2025
THE City of uMhlathuze in Richards Bay, northern KwaZulu-Natal, has strongly refuted claims circulating on social media that its mayor, Xolani Ngwezi, has been arrested on corruption-related charges.
The City described the allegations as “patently false, defamatory in nature and devoid of any factual basis.” It clarified that Mayor Ngwezi has “not been arrested, charged with any criminal offence, nor subjected to any form of detention by law enforcement authorities.”
The social media posts in question, dated June 18, 2025, alleged that Ngwezi had been arrested for corruption. However, the City said these statements were misleading and meant to damage the reputation of the mayor.
This story is from the June 20, 2025 edition of The Mercury.
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