New Tshwane mayor to discuss irregular GladAfrica contract with city manager
Stevens Mokgalapa, who was elected unopposed on Tuesday, is scheduled to meet Moeketsi Mosola on Wednesday
Stevens Mokgalapa was elected the new Tshwane mayor on Tuesday and his first real challenge is to resolve the impasse between his office and city manager Moeketsi Mosola. The EFF and the ANC abstained from voting and did not nominate their own candidates, which paved the way for the DA candidate to be elected unopposed. Mokgalapa’s first full day in office on Wednesday will include a meeting with Mosola, whom his predecessor, Solly Msimanga, tried to suspend on two occasions, but failed. Mosola is under investigation for procurement irregularities in connection with the city’s contract with engineering consultants GladAfrica Group. GladAfrica was appointed to run a project-management unit for the Tshwane metro. The contract was, however, open-ended and resulted in R318m of irregular expenditure for the 2017/18 financial year. The new mayor told journalists after his election he would be meeting Mosola on Wednesday to “craft a way forward”. Mokgalapa’s election came about after Msima...
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