DA's Mike Moriarty says he feels very disappointed that there are councillors that saw fit to vote in somebody who is thoroughly compromised with allegations of corruption.
The Democratic Alliance’s Mike Moriarty has expressed extreme disappointment over the appointment of the, Geoff Makhubo. The African National Congress candidate, Makhubo won with 137 votes. This means the key metro will now once again be governed by the ruling party, which it lost to a DA-led coalition government in the 2016 municipal elections. However, Makhubo was implicated in a tender fraud scam.
His business allegedly received R30 million in a deal with the Gupta-linked Regiments Capital, but was later cleared. Moriarty has described today as a very sad day. “Well I am not feeling particularly good. I feel very disappointed that there are councillors that saw fit to vote in somebody who is thoroughly compromised with allegations of corruption. We all know about the R30 million contract that he profited from, from the City of Johannesburg. It’s the residents of Johannesburg money that went there and some of it even while he was MMC for Finance. If that is the indication then we say well everything that we’ve been saying about the ANC is true.
Just eat a humble pie and sleep
He should leave us alone, we’ve other pressing things to worry about, petrol price, food prices etc his opinion doesn’t matter to us right now...
At least one DA councillor and some of its coalition partners helped unseat the party in the Johannesburg metro by voting for the ANC's mayoral candidate, Geoff Makhubo.