Who is poisoning South Africa’s politicians?

[Eldorado]

In a country seemingly overwhelmed by corruption, and scarred by vicious factional battles within the governing party, a strange new conspiracy has emerged, involving claims that prominent figures within the African National Congress party have been targeted for murder by assassins using poison.

“I was given poison,” declared a former State Security Minister, Bongani Bongo recently.

“I thought it was just an allergy… but it was confirmed that it was poison,” said an aide to the ANC’s Secretary General, Ace Magashule.

Even South Africa’s current deputy President, DD Mabuza, has pointedly failed to deny public claims that he, too, has been targeted, and nearly died, after being given poison.

BBC article