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Patriotic Alliance

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Patriotic Alliance

Quick facts · Government of National Unity

Seats held
9
Raw score
0.0
Per 10 seats
0.00
Named per 10 seats
0.00
Documented cases
1
1 Pending

Patriotic Alliance holds 9 National Assembly seats (Government of National Unity) and has 1 documented case on record: 1 complaint lodged with no official action yet (not scored). Nothing here is a finding of guilt.

Cases

Gayton McKenzie

Minister of Sport, Arts & Culture, PA President

PendingNot scored

Subject of complaints by the DA to the Public Protector (July and September 2026) alleging PA members were appointed to a panel deciding about R110m in arts grants and to boards in his portfolio, and questioning about R31m spent on the 2026 FIFA World Cup programme. The Public Protector has not announced a finding. He and the PA deny wrongdoing.

Listed for transparency. Not scored until an investigating body opens an investigation or makes a finding.

This is a complaint lodged by a rival party. The Public Protector has made no finding.

Their side

Public statement23 Jul 2026

The PA has called the complaint politically motivated and said McKenzie was cleared in every previous Public Protector and ethics complaint.

PA public statement, reported by Cape Argus · View statement

Case history (2 updates)

  1. Sept 2026 · Accused

    Public Protector investigation opened after a complaint was lodged and expanded.

  2. Oct 2026 · Pending

    Moved to Pending under the published threshold rule

July–September 2026Source: DA complaint to the Public Protector, via Polity, Sept 2026Last verified: 08 Oct 2026View edit history
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Presumption of innocence: Charged and accused individuals are presumed innocent. This shows the status of public allegations and legal processes, not guilt. Data reflects publicly reported cases as of 08 Oct 2026 and is not exhaustive.