Gladafrica
Tshwane city manager Moeketsi Mosola agrees to step down
The Democratic Alliance (DA)-led city had tried on two previous occasions to suspend Masola for his role in the GladAfrica saga and for contravening the code of...
The party's chair Kgosi Maepa addressed the media on Thursday on the state of affairs in the city and the recently released Auditor-General's report.
The recent auditor-general's report showed the city incurred billions of rand in irregular and fruitless expenditure.
GladAfrica was at the centre of allegations of tender irregularities since last year and reportedly scored a R12 billion deal to provide the city with project management services.
Mokgalapa came into office following repeated motions of no confidence in his predecessor Solly Msimanga, many of them around the GladAfrica contract.
The Auditor-General recently found irregularities in the deal and last month new mayor Stevens Mogalapa announced that he would terminate the agreement.
Moeketsi Mosola has been accused of disregarding legal processes in the awarding of a R12 billion contract to engineering firm GladAfrica.
This week, Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa announced that his administration would be terminating the R12 billion contract after the findings by the Auditor-General that it was not above board.
In January, an Auditor-General report revealed the R12 billion contract with the built environment consultancy firm was not above board.
Tshwane Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa announced on Monday that the R12 billion contract had been ended with more than R300 million already paid to the company.
Last month, an Auditor-General report revealed the contract with the built environment consultancy firm was not above board.
The court, in 2018, granted city manager Moeketsi Mosola an urgent interdict to stop the tabling of the report.
The Auditor-General last month found that the R12 billion GladAfrica contract with the city, which Moeketsi Mosola oversaw, was unlawful.
A leaked report from the Auditor-General found that the city's R12 billion contract with the engineering company was awarded irregularly.
Outgoing Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga has laid all the blame of the irregular awarding of the multibillion-rand contract to beleaguered city manager Moeketsi Mosola.
The contract, worth R12 billion, was awarded by embattled City Manager Moeketsi Mosola in August last year; he maintained the deal was above board.
According to the leaked final report by the Auditor-General, the R12 billion contract the city had with the built environment consultancy firm was not above board.
City of Tshwane's spokesperson Samkelo Mgobozi says that the city will now decide on what action to take.
Last week, the Democratic Alliance laid criminal complaints, including crimen injuria and defamation, against Tshwane municipal manager Moeketsi Mosola.