Adams repeats drug-test demand as dispute with JP Smith escalates

Author: Rasaad AdamsPublished on: October 28, 2026Country: South Africa
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Adams repeats drug-test demand as dispute with JP Smith escalates

National Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams says Cape Town safety committee member JP Smith is considering legal action after Adams challenged him to take a public drug test. Adams renewed the challenge and disputed Smith’s claim that Nawaal Rajah had enlisted him to fight for tenders, saying no evidence was offered. Smith previously dismissed the challenge, and the City of Cape Town declined to comment further. The cocaine-use allegations against Smith, as well as claims that gangsters funded Adams’s party, are unsubstantiated in the information provided.

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