DA calls on City Manager to investigate extreme overspend on Essence Festival
25 July 2017
The DA in eThekwini has written to the City Manager, Sipho Nzuza, calling for an immediate forensic investigation into the expenditure on the 2016 Essence Festival.
This follows the presentation by Acting Deputy City Manager, Phillip Sithole, who revealed that the City spent R95 million on this event, almost 60% more than the budgeted amount of R35 million.
The DA has also reliably learnt that the City allegedly in actual fact spent R103 million on the event and not the R95 million it presented.
This blatant irregular expenditure ironically took place in a time of increased calls on residents to tighten their belts in these tough economic times.