The DA in the Mohokare Municipality in the Free State has laid criminal charges against the Mayor Irene Mehlomakhulu, Municipal Manager, Selby Selepe, and former MEC for Cogta Thembeni Ngxangisa, at the Zastron Police Station.
Free State DA MPL Karabo Khakhau says the municipality executives chose to turn a blind eye to the alleged unauthorised and irregular expenditure amounting to R282.1 million incurred by the municipality in the past financial year.
Khakhau says residents of Mohokare are struggling with various service delivery challenges.
Khakhau says no one has been held accountable and the DA will not allow this to be swept under the carpet.
“This amount was broken down by the Auditor General report that was tabled in council in July this year, which amounts to R8.4 million unauthorized expenditure, R122 million, R90 million with fruitless and wasteful expenditure. The Democratic Alliance was accompanied by petitions worth 478 signatures of residents across the municipality of all three towns being Zastron rural and Smithfield.”
Meanwhile, DA leader, John Steenhuisen has pleaded with residents of Nelson Mandela Bay to vote for his party to bring change and stability. He has promised residents that the DA has a solid plan to attract more investors into the metro as well as to grow the economy.
Steenhuisen has been addressing a DA rally under the theme: “We can win”
“It’s signs that we are trying our votes out here in big numbers, so that we can get a majority. We lost out 12 000 votes last time. We are trying to get 50% plus majority. I had been spending time visiting all the metro’s during the cause of the year. We will get our majority here.”
LGE 2021 | Steenhuisen pleads with Mandela Bay residents to vote for DA:
