In the meantime, the Matlosana mayor has been travelling in a leased luxury vehicle, according to the DA.
The Democratic Alliance is appalled that Matlosana municipality (Klerksdorp) in North West mayor Maetu Kgaile now wants a new R1 million car after her six-month old Mercedes-Benz was crashed by her driver, the party said on Sunday.
The DA would request that the Matlosana municipal public accounts committee investigate the circumstances that led to Kgaile’s official car being crashed and why a brand new R1 million car was needed, DA Matlosana councillor Patrick Sesana said.
The mayor’s Mercedes-Benz was involved in a car accident six months after its purchase and now the African National Congress in Matlosana was requesting that R1 million be shelled out from the municipality to buy the mayor a new BMW X5, he said.
The DA demanded to know, among other things, whether the mayor’s driver had been trained in advanced driving – a skill required to be a driver for the mayor; was the mayor on official mayoral duty at the time of the accident; was the driver tested for sobriety at the time; and why there had been no medical report on injuries sustained and no report on damage?
“To add insult to injury, since the accident the mayor has made use of a leased luxury car and the bill for this lease being paid by the municipality is mounting up but is not being disclosed by the mayor’s office. The DA will request the municipal manager to immediately make this amount known or face a demand for information in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act.
“The municipality has a culture of financial mismanagement and wasteful expenditure while residents suffer without proper services, houses, and jobs. This latest R1 million splurge is further harm to the poorest residents of Matlosana,” Sesana said.
– African News Agency (ANA)
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