The African National Congress (ANC) in Tshwane has accused the City’s Mayor Cilliers Brink of being on a witch-hunt for placing five senior officials on precautionary suspension for the failed Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Works tender.
This follows the outcome of a year-long internal disciplinary process that found them guilty of one of the four charges they faced.
The officials were found guilty of awarding the contract to fix Rooiwal to a company owned by businessman Edwin Sodi.
The company failed to do the work and as a result, there was a cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, last year that claimed 23 lives.
ANC Greater Tshwane regional secretary George Matjila says, “There was a process established by the City of Tshwane with the intention to establish facts as to what transpired. It’s something that we supported as the ANC. I want us to put a disclaimer upfront to say we are not in any way supporting corruption but we are saying processes should be fair for everybody.”
The audio below is the full interview with George Matjila
