Confirmation of Mayor Gwamanda’s “illegal funeral scheme” justifies ActionSA’s MONC

19 June 2023

ActionSA believes the Financial Sector Conduct Authority's (FSCA) confirmation that the City of Johannesburg’s Mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda’s funeral scheme was not registered, and therefore illegal, obviates the need for a motion of no confidence (MONC) against him.

The Sunday Times reported that Gwamanda operated an “illegal funeral scheme”, posing as a financial services provider without the required licence from the FSCA, and is therefore facing a fraud investigation at the Protea Glen Police Station in Johannesburg.

ActionSA believes that since his election two months ago, Gwamanda has been unable to explain how he took money from the poorest residents in our city for his own gain when he was running the illegal funeral scheme.

ActionSA, a party committed to ethical leadership, refuses to allow Mayor Gwamanda to get away with defrauding our residents and will therefore proceed to hold him accountable by way of a MONC, which the Speaker has since decided to not table at this month’s programming committee.

Our resolve to proceed with this MONC amid the Speaker’s decision is to clearly show which political parties are complicit in shielding Gwamanda from accountability by having to answer why he illegally took money from the poorest residents of the city - the very people he is supposed to serve.

ActionSA will continue talks with other opposition parties to ensure that the office of the first citizen of this great City is occupied only by men and women of integrity who will put interests of the residents first.

Issued by Funzi Ngobeni, COJ Caucus Leader, ActionSA, 19 June 2023