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The Tshwane municipal council will on Thursday (5 March) convene for a special meeting \u201cfor purposes of considering a report on allegations of misconduct against a senior manager\u201d.<\/p>\n
Moneyweb has learnt that this refers to a complaint by Republican Conference of Tshwane councillor Lex Middelberg against CFO Gareth Mnisi, who he alleges misrepresented himself in the resume that got him his current job in 2023 and is guilty of serious misconduct.<\/p>\n
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At that time the council was governed by a multiparty coalition under the leadership of Cilliers Brink of the DA. It was ousted in September 2024 and the current ActionSA\/ANC coalition is at the helm.<\/p>\n
Allegations relate to access to tenders<\/strong><\/p>\n DA caucus leader Jacqui Uys questions the timing of the complaint and says while she cannot comment on the veracity of the allegations against Mnisi, she believes the attack is related to access to tenders.<\/p>\n A well-informed source within the administration expressed the same sentiment to Moneyweb.<\/p>\n ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The ANC\u2019s Greater Tshwane Region has called for Mnisi\u2019s suspension, referencing his \u201cunexplained wealth\u201d, ballooning unauthorised, irregular and fruitless expenses in the metro, and tender-related issues, among other things.<\/p>\n Middelberg wrote to city manager Johann Mettler, indicating his intention to also lay criminal charges against Mnisi. Middelberg said he previously tried to bring the issues he raised to the attention of the finance oversight committee and council but was silenced or ignored.<\/p>\n He accuses Mettler of failing in his \u201cduty to vet and verify the CV that Mr Mnisi had submitted when he applied for the position of CFO \u2026\u201d.<\/p>\n Read: Middelberg says his investigations \u201chave been predicated by a media report about Mr Mnisi\u2019s divorce proceedings, in which an inexplicable fabulous wealth was revealed that I estimate in the region of R80 million that Mr Mnisi had accumulated in less than ten years since he left university\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIn this time, if you review his CV, he had only ever been a full-time salaried employee of first National Treasury, then Thaba Chweu Municipality, then Chief Alfred Luthuli Municipality, followed by a stint at Rand West City before he was appointed by the City of Tshwane.<\/p>\n \u201cHis salary as a civil servant throughout this time is known and it can never even remotely explain his sudden accumulation of the fabulous wealth described in the judgement on the interim maintenance order by Judge Liebenberg.\u201d<\/p>\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Living the good life<\/strong><\/p>\n Middelberg attached to his complaint the court order that paints a picture of a young couple benefitting from trusts that own multiple luxury properties, had ownership or use of supercars and luxury vehicles, and enjoyed frequent overseas visits \u2013 flying first class.<\/p>\n The court repeatedly questioned the source of the wealth and Minisi\u2019s failure to be open and honest about it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Middelberg describes how he served requests for information in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (Paia) on all the previous employers Mnisi mentioned in his CV.<\/p>\n He concluded that:<\/p>\n Middelberg asks for the immediate suspension of Mnisi pending a formal investigation by council into his allegations.<\/p>\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Metro\u2019s budget<\/strong><\/p>\n His complaint comes against the background of Tshwane\u2019s adjustment budget that was adopted last week and which the deputy mayor, the ANC\u2019s Eugene Modise, claimed is credible and funded.<\/p>\n Read: However, a leaked presentation that Mnisi gave to the budget steering committee before the adjustment budget was passed shows a declining collection rate of 83.5% and material cash shortfalls with billions of outstanding payments to creditors, largely to small businesses and expenditure beyond the budget limits.<\/p>\n The DA has in response written to National Treasury, asking for an intervention.<\/p>\n It maintains, among other things, that the City of Tshwane\u2019s expenditure is vastly underreported due to delayed invoices and that this, together with poor collections, undermines the assumption that the budget is funded.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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