An ANC ward councillor in the Emfuleni local municipality in Gauteng has allegedly turned a community multi-purpose centre into a personal cash cow, renting it out and apparently pocketing the spoils without the knowledge of the municipality.
Elias Raditshila Mokoena, also known as “Ndade”, is a ward 19 councillor in Evaton in the Vaal and he has allegedly been renting out the facility since he was elected after the local government elections in 2016.
According to the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in ward 19, Mokoena has pocketed thousands of rands from renting out the community multi-purpose centre under the pretence that he is renovating and maintaining the facility.
“There are no renovations taking place there, it’s a lie. All that the ward councillor is doing is lining his own pockets and those of his friends in the municipality who are allowing this to happen because they are getting money out of it,” said one EFF member who did
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