Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba, a member of the DA, has dared the ANC to take all its errant councillors to task. The ANC announced on Tuesday that it had expelled a councillor who had been arrested for illegally selling two council property stands for R210‚000. The ANC greater Johannesburg region said it removed the councillor after its integrity committee resolved that he should be recalled from his position. Mashaba said the ANC should keep the trend going if it was serious about cracking down on guilty parties. "Such cases of criminal wrongdoing represent the very worst violation of the trust that is placed in elected officials by their constituents‚" Mashaba said on Wednesday. "Such corrupt councillors prey on the vulnerability of residents who have been deprived of housing by the very same party who presided over the city while chronically under-investing in the housing backlog." The arrest was made on Tuesday by the Hawks‚ together with the city’s Group Forensic and Invest...
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