Ekurhuleni mayor Mzwandile Masina has acknowledged receipt of communication from the Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements regarding the alleged mismanagement of a R1.9 billion toilet tender, adding the Metro is cooperating with the provincial government probe.
MEC Lebogang Maile is demanding a detailed response to these allegations within a week. “If indeed these allegations are true, there needs to be corresponding consequences,” Maile warned.
“Government funds cannot by any means be misappropriated nor used as ‘get-rich-quick schemes’ for cronies, and dubious business people,” the MEC said.
Masina said he welcomed the probe initiated by the provincial government, and that the city would be providing assistance. But, he pointed out, the tended was awarded in 2016, prior to him assuming office.
The Ekurhuleni mayor also took to Twitter to blast Amabhungane journalist Tabelo Timse who broke the story that the City of Ekurhuleni had spent a staggering R1.9-billion on chemical toilets
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