The comments by Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba and the DA’s Mike Moriarty, contained in your article on my resignation from the party, reminded me of what I once overheard when two people were discussing the settlement of a dispute. (Joburg former finance official Dagada quits the DA, threatens to sue Mashaba, July 19). One asked the other why he was so adamant about his point of view, to which he replied with such an original answer that I have remembered it ever since and have made it my motto. He said: "If I do not defend my integrity, people might think I do not have any." I want to reiterate that the forensic probe report does not contain findings that support any of the accusations made by the executive mayor against me. There are also no findings that assert that I acted favourably towards individuals, officials or service providers closely associated with me, as claimed by Mashaba. The DA and Mashaba have been doing everything possible to ensure that I do not appear befor...
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