Coalition oversight group agrees to way forward in City of Tshwane
5 November 2022
The governing multi-party coalition in the City of Tshwane met today to address the issue of investigations into the conduct of Mayor Randall Williams as it relates to the handling of the Kratos proposal. These investigations were initiated at a prior meeting on 23 August 2022.
These investigations addressed the conduct of the Mayor as it relates both to the lawfulness of his actions as well as his adherence to the coalition agreement in terms of his actions.
The investigation report came to the view that the proposal did not constitute procurement and therefore no alleged breaches of the MFMA were concluded to have taken place. The report did conclude that a case exists to be answered for in terms of Mayor Williams instructions to municipal officials being potentially outside of the scope of his authority; in violation of the code of conduct of councillors; and, in breach the council-approved system of delegations.
It must be stated that both the DA and ActionSA had divergent views on these findings but have committed that the matter should follow the correct council-approved processes and where all parties will have the opportunity to state their respective cases.