A KwaZulu-Natal mayor and his deputy have had 16 bodyguards assigned to them since 2008 at a cost of more than R1.2 million a year, the Sunday Tribune reported on Sunday.
According to the newspaper, Umgungundlovu district mayor Yusuf Bhamjee and his deputy Thandiwe "Fucwana" Zungu have more bodyguards than provincial premier Senzo Mchunu, who has only five bodyguards.
Umgungundlovu district encompasses Pietermaritzburg, Howick, Mpendle and Richmond.

