News24 reports that Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Lebogang Maile is demanding answers about the alleged R7m golden handshake set to be paid to outgoing City of Tshwane municipal manager Dr Moeketsi Mosola.
Maile wrote to Tshwane mayor Steven Mokgalapa on Tuesday, requesting a reply within three working days. In the letter, Maile noted that it had been reported that Mosola, whose five-year contract only ends in 2022, would be paid the remaining remuneration in full. Mosola pockets almost R2.5m annually. He said he wanted to know if the reports were true and demanded that the City provide an appropriate explanation on the route it would pursue regarding the matter. Maile threatened to take appropriate action that might include an application to court for an order to review and set aside the alleged agreement in question with costs, “which may include a cost order against any councillor, in his or her personal capacity, who voted in favour of the said agreement." He expressed his concern that the City had not acted on a number of glaring accusations of maladministration or wrongdoing levelled against Mosola. City spokesperson Omogolo Taunyane disputed Maile's claims and said it had not signed any agreement with Mosola.
- Read the full original of the above report by Ntwaagae Seleka at News24
- Read too, Accounting for GladAfrica: Will Tshwane city manager get away with it? at News24
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