ANC lays charge to have fired MMC Sharon Peetz pay back R40,000
The former DA member‚ who was fired by Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba for suspected misconduct‚ allegedly took her mother on an official trip to Spain at taxpayers’ expense
The ANC in Johannesburg has laid criminal charges against former member of the mayoral committee (MMC) for economic development Sharon Peetz, in a bid to recover about R40‚000. Peetz‚ a former DA member who was unceremoniously fired in August by Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba for suspected misconduct‚ allegedly took her mother‚ Susan Peterson‚ on an official trip to Barcelona‚ Spain in 2016‚ as a member of the city’s official delegation‚ at taxpayers’ expense. She was also stripped of her party membership. The ANC alleges that Peetz falsified a proof of payment to a travel agency to appear that she‚ and not the city‚ paid for her mother to accompany her on the official trip. "When we did our investigation‚ and through the papers that we served through Gen Sibiya’s office‚ it showed that the said official was never employed by the city‚ and Susan Peterson is the mother of the former MMC‚" ANC chief whip in Johannesburg Solly Mogase said. He was speaking to reporters outside Jeppe ...
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