Mangisi Cephas Zitha is a South African politician and businessman who served as the last Chief Minister of KaNgwane.
[3] In July 2001, Zitha was arrested at Sun City during a sting operation; he had allegedly tried to purchase 1.5 kilograms of unrefined platinum dust from undercover police officers, using R65,000 in R20 notes.
[4] He accused the police of unconstitutional entrapment, saying that the deal had been set up over two months of harassment by the officers and that he was "cunningly lured... into committing an offence I would otherwise never have considered".
[5] He said that the officers had assured him that the transaction was lawful and that he had not known that a special permit was required to trade in platform.
[5][1] His attorney said that he had "run into financial trouble" since leaving his ambassadorial post and embarking upon a full-time career in business.