Cape Town – The Patriotic Alliance (PA) has suspended its deputy president, Kenny Kunene, for one month following revelations that he was present at the home of Katiso “KT” Molefe, the alleged mastermind behind DJ Sumbody’s 2022 murder, during Molefe’s arrest.
Kunene was present at the Sandton residence of the controversial businessman on Monday when police arrived to make the arrest.
PA leader Gayton McKenzie announced that Kunene will be investigated by lawyers of good character and temporarily removed as Johannesburg MMC for Transport.
“Kenny Kunene will be investigated. And I’m going to tell you who’s going to investigate him: lawyers of good character,” McKenzie said in a live broadcast on social media.
“While he’s being investigated, I’m going to remove him from being an MMC. I am going to write to them. I’m also going to tell him to stand back from politics for one month until the investigation is done.”
“Kenny Kunene will be investigated and I’m gonna tell you who’s gonna investigate him, lawyers of good character and while he’s being investigated I’m going to remove him from being an MMC” Patriotic Alliance President Gayton McKenzie
“I’m also going to tell him to stand back… pic.twitter.com/gNeIBDjsX1
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Kunene claimed, during an interview with Newzroom Afrika that he was at Molefe’s home to facilitate a potential interview for a journalist from his media outlet, Africa Global News.
“It was just a question of we were there at the time when the police were arriving, because less than five minutes of us being there. Whilst we were on the drive way, we had not even gone into the house, then the police arrived,” he said.
Kunene denied knowing Molefe and said his presence was coincidental.
Johannesburg Transport MMC and Patriotic Alliance deputy leader Kenny Kunene says he was at the house of a businessman who is suspected to be involved in the murder of DJ Sumbody during his arrest. Kunene says he was accompanying journalists who were going to interview the… pic.twitter.com/0cNpmDAN5G
— Newzroom Afrika (@Newzroom405) July 22, 2025
However, opposition parties, particularly the DA, have slammed his explanation as “laughable” and accused the PA of links to criminality and the underworld, The Citizen reported.
The incident follows a breakthrough in the DJ Sumbody murder case, where police arrested four men, including Molefe, believed to be involved in planning and executing the hit.
