The ANC says it's feeling 'astonished' and 'aghast', but the DA's mayor denies the settlement is just more corruption.
Tshwane Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa, centre, is seen with his Mayoral Committee at Tshwane house, 21 February 2019, Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles
“[Regarding] the unscrupulous intention by the new Executive Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa and the embattled City Manager Dr Moeketsi Mosola to pay GladAfrica a whopping R250 million corrupt golden handshake … we, the ANC, are astonished and left aghast by the sheer disregard for the prescripts of law by the DA administration in the City of Tshwane,” said ANC Tshwane regional chairperson Kgosi Maepa.
“We reject with all the contempt it deserves the ill advised corrupt golden handshake to Gla Africa and we will not support the report of the office of the Executive Mayor in its current form. We will, however, recommend that the irregular contract be terminated with immediate effect without any further payments,” said Maepa.
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