Mayor Nasiphi Moya faces mounting pressure as MK and DA demand accountability for alleged overspending on water tankers.
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party rejects City of Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya’s attempt to explain away the alleged massive expenditure on water tankers, according to spokesperson Abel Tau.
“She cannot allow that more than double is being spent on water tankers,” he said.
MK party accuses city of large-scale looting
Tau said MK believed there was looting on a grand scale.
“We will approach the public protector and mobilise the community to push for accountability over the money spent on water tankers.”
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DA mayoral candidate Cilliers Brink said the DA had filed a complaint with the public protector asking for an investigation into the city’s possible payment of unverified water tanker invoices.
Questions over unverified invoices and missing orders
Brink said the mayor didn’t deny excessive spending, but blamed part of it on previous administrations.
“Moya wants us to believe that on taking office the ANC-EFF-ActionSA coalition discovered water tanker invoices from previous years, which they paid. Did the city have purchase orders confirming the services were required by the city and delivered by service providers before making payments?”
Brink said a source with access to the city’s records revealed it only has purchase orders for R381 million of R777 million spent.
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