Tshwane jobs a family affair, says Solly Msimanga
It will take time to dismantle the empires built by the previous ANC leadership, says mayor
The Tshwane Metro was a "family affair", with relatives of key officials holding strategic posts, particularly in procurement, mayor Solly Msimanga said on Tuesday. Msimanga told Business Day that it would take time to dismantle the empires built by the previous ANC leadership. The DA took over the running of the city in August, courtesy of EFF support after the municipal elections failed to produce a clear winner. Msimanga said he was "cautiously optimistic" of his challenges in a metro with a R2bn budget deficit and steeped in ANC politics. "One of the things I knew when I came here was that I was going to inherit a very, very politicised administration," Msimanga said. "If you go into the procurement office, all the previous MMCs [members of the mayoral committee] brought either their children or their brothers, sisters or someone related to them to work in that office to ensure that their companies or their friends’ companies will get the contracts, but not only the contract, bu...
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