DA saved Mogale City R8.1 million by stopping wasteful council chamber renovations
19 October 2016
The newly appointed DA-led council in Mogale City has rejected a plan drawn up by the previous administration for an R8.1-million upgrade of the Council Chamber.
Apart from the fact that this plan was extravagant and Council could not afford it, Mogale City MMC for Corporate Services also raised a number of areas of concern within the quotation for the upgrade. These included R2-million for carpentry and chairs, R990 360.00 in professional fees and disbursements and R229 250.00 for unforeseen expenses.
The DA’s swift action upon taking office to curb wasteful spending was the only way we were able to save the wasteful R8.1 million in unnecessary upgrades from being passed through council and being paid out.
In the same way as the DA governs in Tshwane, where Mayor Msimanga has exposed an obscene R90 million corruption scandal around upgrades to the metro city hall, the same cannot and will not occur in the DA-led government in Mogale City.