“We apologise to the people of Tshwane, the people of South Africa ... for the wrongdoing of Dr Murunwa Makwarela,” said Cope deputy president Willie Madisha on Friday afternoon.
Madisha was speaking outside Tshwane House alongside Cope spokesperson Dennis Bloem following the drama that unfolded linked to the fake insolvency rehabilitation court order submitted by Makwarela to city manager Johann Mettler on Thursday.
“We’ve read what came to us a few hours ago from the registrar of the high court. This shows us there were extreme levels of forgery and Cope doesn’t believe in that. When we formed Cope we said we’re not happy with corruption and liars. In his letter addressed to Mettler earlier, Makwarela said his resignation was not an admission of guilt but rather to allow Tshwane to focus on service delivery.
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