Image: Twitter: @tshwane_mayorThe Democratic Alliance in Gauteng has outlined the reasons behind questioning the validity of Tshwane Mayor Murunwa Makwarela’s recent documents regarding his insolvency. He was reinstated as mayor after being disqualified and removed from office this week.
The city manager revealed that Makwarela had failed to present evidence of a rehabilitation process due to a 2016 insolvency declaration against him. It is unconstitutional for any leader to occupy public office while declared insolvent.council with the necessary documents, which the city’s legal team is now investigating.
The DA leader Solly Msimanga says, ”In his own declaration of the 2021 LGE submission from Congress of The People to the Independent Electoral Commission , he says that he is not solvent. Now, how did you then declare that you are not solvent in 2021, yet in 2018 you have a court order that says you are then solvent? So, things don’t add up here. This is why we are going to be asking for a copy from the registrar of the court of this particular court order.
”We, as COPE, are going to meet with him. We will issue a statement after that meeting. We view this as a very serious issue.”