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News24 reports that City of Tshwane Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa has confirmed that he has decided to take special leave starting on Thursday.
Yet, he also indicated that he would be available for official duty and would “continue to avail myself for party processes that are currently underway.” Mokgalapa special leave is pending an investigation following the release of an audio recording purportedly of him engaging in an intimate act with transport MMC Sheila Senkubuge. In the recording, which was widely circulated on social media on Sunday, the two office bearers can be heard discussing their colleagues in the council before seemingly becoming intimate with one another. Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng chairperson Mike Moriarty indicated that the matter had been referred to the party's Federal Legal Commission for further investigation where the duo would be given an opportunity to present their version of events. Moriarty confirmed that while investigations were underway, Mokgalapa would be placed on special leave, while Senkubuge would go on voluntary leave. The Speaker of the Tshwane Council has also referred the matter to the Ethics Committee for further investigation. The ANC has since called on Mokgalapa to "fall on his sword", saying it was certain that the audio clip was authentic and revealed that Mokgalapa was clearly having sex with his direct subordinate, Senkubuge.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sesona Ngqakamba at News24
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