City of Tshwane corruption allegations laid bare before Madlanga Commission

ActionSA councillor Kholofelo Morodi is the first domino to fall as the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry shifts its focus to corruption within the Tshwane Municipality.

On Thursday, Morodi was placed on special leave from her role as the metro’s MMC for Corporate and Shared Services.

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ActionSA has welcomed the decision for Morodi to be placed on leave and has launched its own investigation into her conduct.

“South Africans are all too familiar with political parties that are slow to act against allegations of impropriety or simply sweep them aside,” said the party’s director of communications, Matthew George

“ActionSA will never adopt that approach and, where any allegations surface, we will always act immediately to establish the full truth and mete out accountability where warranted.”

Senior officials like the municipality’s chief financial officer, Gareth Mnisi, and the city’s metro police deputy chief, Umashi Dlamini, have also been implicated in several wrongdoings.

The Democratic Alliance (DA)’s caucus leader in the City of Tshwane, Cilliers Brink, has called on the municipality’s administrative leadership to be proactive.

“The city cannot wait for Mnisi to testify under oath before the commission, and city manager Johan Mettler must immediately launch an investigation authorised by the municipal council. Tshwane residents deserve a government that protects public money, not one that fights over who gets to loot it.”