MASHABA ACCUSED
ANC wants protector to probe Joburg administration
The party wants Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to investigate ‘maladministration and mismanagement’
The ANC in Johannesburg has requested that Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane investigate maladministration and mismanagement in the city. The party handed over a memorandum to her office on Thursday, in which it asked that she investigate irregular appointments, purging of employees, irregular salary increases, financial mismanagement, conflicts of interest and maladministration in the city. The ANC lost its majority in the city following the 2016 local government elections, which saw the DA’s Herman Mashaba elected as mayor in a coalition-led government. Mashaba’s spokesman Luyanda Mfeka said Mashaba welcomed any investigation as there was nothing to hide. The ANC alleged that irregular appointments had been made since the DA took office, including that of metro police chief David Tembe. The party also referred to the R500,000 salary increase of Mashaba’s chief of staff, Michael Beaumont, in 2016. Mashaba had said in council it would be reversed but this had not happened, the ANC...
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