Tshwane mayor says he was being blackmailed with 'sex soundbyte'

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Tshwane mayor says he was being blackmailed with 'sex soundbyte'
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The city said the audio recording had been 'used as a tool to blackmail and extort undue favours from the City of Tshwane'.

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In a statement issued on Sunday evening, the city"noted with concern" that an audio recording had been circulated on social media platforms. It contains"purported damning content against the executive mayor Stevens Mokgalapa and member of the mayoral committee for roads and transport MMC Stella Senkubuge".

The statement quotes Mokgalapa as saying:"We have been aware of the existence of this audio recording for a few days and threats to release the recording have been communicated to us via an intermediary wherein certain demands have been made."

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