The Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Sunday newly-elected Nelson Mandela Bay mayor and soccer administrator Danny Jordaan had not paid for electricity at his home in the city since 2007.
The DA said in a statement it possessed copies of Mr Jordaan’s electricity account that showed he “abused a temporary-unbilled connection for seven years‚ and apparently logged no formal requests to have a permanent meter installed”.
DA mayoral candidate for the city Athol Trollip said on Sunday it was “impossible and unfathomable” that anyone could go seven years without making a consumption-based electricity payment‚ and that that would be no different to an illegal electricity connection.
“It is unethical‚ irresponsible and unbecoming of a mayor to be caught allegedly abusing municipal finances‚” the statement read. Mr Jordaan could not immediately be reached for comment‚ but spokesman for the municipality Roland Williams said on Sunday the fault lay with the city and the Jordaan family had made reports more than once.
The Jordaan family was not consistently in residence at the property during the period and “even that they own this property and they reported it to us as the municipality‚ we did not fix the problem‚” said Mr Williams.
The city had already calculated back payments for the period‚ and the “account holder is not in dispute”‚ he said.
Mr Jordaan has been mayor of the city for less than a month‚ after the African National Congress (ANC) announced in May he would replace Ben Fihla as mayor of the metro.
The metro has been plagued by years of internal political infighting and poor service delivery‚ with the party retaining a knife-edge majority in the 2011 local government elections.
The ANC said Mr Jordaan — president of the South African Football Association (Safa) and then CEO of the 2010 Fifa World Cup organising committee — would help restore service delivery and confidence in the city.
Amid an international scandal relating to fraud and corruption within Fifa at a national level‚ Mr Jordaan has been thrust into the spotlight amid allegations by US authorities that a bribe was organised to secure SA’s rights to the 2010 World Cup.
Mr Jordaan and the government have staunchly denied any wrongdoing. The City Press reported on Sunday the Hawks had dropped a probe into a $10m payment apparently for supporting football development in North America and the Caribbean — alleged by the US Justice Department to be a pre-arranged bribe.
Hawks spokesman Hangani Mulaudzi on Sunday said this was not correct. The investigation was ongoing‚ he said.
Danny Jordaan has not paid for electricity since 2007‚ says DA
The Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Sunday newly-elected Nelson Mandela Bay mayor and soccer administrator Danny Jordaan had not paid for electricity at his home in the city since 2007.
The DA said in a statement it possessed copies of Mr Jordaan’s electricity account that showed he “abused a temporary-unbilled connection for seven years‚ and apparently logged no formal requests to have a permanent meter installed”.
DA mayoral candidate for the city Athol Trollip said on Sunday it was “impossible and unfathomable” that anyone could go seven years without making a consumption-based electricity payment‚ and that that would be no different to an illegal electricity connection.
“It is unethical‚ irresponsible and unbecoming of a mayor to be caught allegedly abusing municipal finances‚” the statement read. Mr Jordaan could not immediately be reached for comment‚ but spokesman for the municipality Roland Williams said on Sunday the fault lay with the city and the Jordaan family had made reports more than once.
The Jordaan family was not consistently in residence at the property during the period and “even that they own this property and they reported it to us as the municipality‚ we did not fix the problem‚” said Mr Williams.
The city had already calculated back payments for the period‚ and the “account holder is not in dispute”‚ he said.
Mr Jordaan has been mayor of the city for less than a month‚ after the African National Congress (ANC) announced in May he would replace Ben Fihla as mayor of the metro.
The metro has been plagued by years of internal political infighting and poor service delivery‚ with the party retaining a knife-edge majority in the 2011 local government elections.
The ANC said Mr Jordaan — president of the South African Football Association (Safa) and then CEO of the 2010 Fifa World Cup organising committee — would help restore service delivery and confidence in the city.
Amid an international scandal relating to fraud and corruption within Fifa at a national level‚ Mr Jordaan has been thrust into the spotlight amid allegations by US authorities that a bribe was organised to secure SA’s rights to the 2010 World Cup.
Mr Jordaan and the government have staunchly denied any wrongdoing. The City Press reported on Sunday the Hawks had dropped a probe into a $10m payment apparently for supporting football development in North America and the Caribbean — alleged by the US Justice Department to be a pre-arranged bribe.
Hawks spokesman Hangani Mulaudzi on Sunday said this was not correct. The investigation was ongoing‚ he said.
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