The City of Tshwane welcome the progress that has been made by the Hawks in their investigations into a series of dodgy land deals that were entered into by the ANC before they were removed from office in 2016.
“The Democratic Alliance led coalition in Tshwane referred the purchases of various portions of land in Strydfontein and Klipfontein for criminal investigation, after a whistle-blower came forward indicating that the ANC administration at the time had bought these land parcels at inflated prices, paying R121 million too much for them,” said Tshwane Executive Mayor, Randall Williams.
Williams averred that the approval of these transactions never came to the Tshwane Municipal Council, and the decision was taken by the Mayoral Committee on 20 January 2016 under the leadership of the previous ANC Mayor Kgosientsho Ramakgopa.
He mentioned that two key resolutions were taken by that Mayoral Committee:
Williams said Resolution 2 stated that, “approval be granted to the City Manager to negotiate and sign the Offer to Purchase and Deed of Sale with the property owner and partner Nungu Trading 691 Proprietary Limited (2007/01/011768/07) and Proco Management Proprietary Limited (2013/019854/07) for the …” as it relates to Strydfontein Farm, at an aggregate of R188 535 600.
“Resolution 3 granted approval for the City Manager to negotiate and sign the Offer to Purchase and Deed of Sale for Remainder of portion 164 of Portion 1 of the farm Klipfontein 268 JR with the property owner Golden Tau Developments (Pty) Ltd to value of R75 000 000.00,” added Williams.
Furthermore, he added that the ANC Mayoral Committee then referred the matter to the City Manager, Mr. Jason Ngobeni to take the transaction further and conclude the Purchase, and Mr Ngobeni resigned from his role in the city on the day the DA led administration was elected to govern Tshwane.
“The Hawks confirmed to City Press that the matter has now been referred to the Serious Corruption Section in Pretoria for further investigation and upon finalisation will then be referred to the National Prosecuting Authority.”
“We are encouraged by this progress and as the City of Tshwane we will continue to offer our full cooperation to the investigating authorities,” concluded Williams.
