A dispute between NCC leader Fadiel Adams and Cape Town’s JP Smith has intensified after Adams used a Sunday Facebook video to question whether the city’s safety and security mayoral committee member uses cocaine.
In a Facebook video on Sunday morning, Adams said: “Cape Town must know, bru, are you on coke or not? The rumours are getting louder and louder. This man is in charge of our safety and security and he is making very erratic decisions by spending millions on k*k, sitting in debates and lying, accusing me of whatever without any proof.”
“We cannot have a sheriff who is suspected, or may even be, using cocaine. I challenge him to a public drug test,” he said.
Adams added: “Here is your opportunity to literally come clean if you can. I promise you it won't be a debate. We walk in and pee in a potjie, allow the results to be ready and walk out.”
Smith dismissed the challenge when approached by IOL Media.
“I don't comment on this imbecile. You should ask him rather for comment on the claims of his former members that he took money from gangsters to fund his party,” he said.
Adams’ attack on Smith comes after allegations emerged that he had approached a lawyer reportedly known for representing gangsters following his arrest by the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) in May.
Adams accused the DA of orchestrating the allegations.
He denied approaching the lawyer, saying he had not even spoken to him before the lawyer offered to represent him.
He claimed he could not afford the lawyer’s fees, flights to KwaZulu-Natal and accommodation, and subsequently appointed local lawyers.
Adams was arrested and taken to KwaZulu-Natal, where he faces three counts of fraud and two of defeating the ends of justice over allegations linked to interviews and recordings of awaiting-trial prisoners at Westville Correctional Centre.
The Pinetown Magistrate’s Court granted Adams R10 000 bail on 15 May.
This is not the first time Adams has challenged a DA figure to a public drug test.
He previously challenged DA social media personality and Ward 111 candidate Cedric Laguma during a live Facebook debate hosted by Cape Flats Stories.