The ANC in Tshwane has called for the city to be put under administration, after allegations of contractual irregularities in a multibillion-rand project management deal emerged at the weekend. ANC regional chairperson Kgosi Maepa said on Wednesday that the party would make submissions to MEC Dikgang Moiloa‚ calling for the city to be put under administration immediately. Maepa said the party would also request that President Cyril Ramaphosa task the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate the city’s financial affairs since the DA-led coalition took over administration in 2016. The ANC‚ now the official opposition in the city‚ also plans to lodge a formal complaint with the public protector and open a criminal case against city manager Moeketsi Mosola. The Sunday Times reported that an engineering consultancy‚ GladAfrica‚ was bleeding the city dry after being handed infrastructure projects worth about R12bn‚ as well as raking in a further R250m in middleman commissions over ...

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