JOHANNESBURG - The City of Tshwane has laid criminal complaints of blackmail and extortion at the Brooklyn Police Station over the release of an audio recording circulated on social media, which alleg
edly pointed to Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa and his MMC for Roads and Transport Sheila Senkubuge having an inappropriate sexual relationship.
The officials are said to be currently on suspension for violations of the Municipal Finance Management Act and other relevant legislation governing municipalities. Mokgalapa said they refused to give in to the demands from the alleged blackmailers and would not sacrifice their oaths of office. Mokgalapa added: “If these officials who are said to be behind this have committed nothing wrong, why are they trying to use nefarious ways of getting back into the municipality instead of subjecting themselves to the applicable disciplinary processes? If they're indeed targets of a campaign to purge the municipality of certain individuals as it's claimed, then they should allow the disciplinary proceedings to exonerate them.
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