Put up or shut up.

This was the challenge set by The Star’s deputy editor, Kevin Ritchie, in an interview on Talk Radio 702 today – a day after Gauteng Local Government and Housing MEC Humphrey Mmemezi went on air to deny allegations of fraud, nepotism and bad management.

Ritchie and journalist Baldwin Ndaba, who is behind the investigation of Mmemezi’s alleged corrupt activities, were invited to put forward their side of the story on air after Mmemezi’s interview yesterday, when the MEC threatened to sue The Star, claiming ongoing reports were a “smear campaign” against him.

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