Phalatse said the DA is offering support and assistance to anyone who would like to press charges against Gwamanda.
“I have gathered quite a significant amount of information on the matter and I have become a mediator of sorts in the matter, which we are [doing] as public representatives. Our interest is that people get justice, but our interest from council's perspective is that we are able to also investigate from our end the fitness of councillor Gwamanda to hold office,” she said.
Speaking to Sowetan on Sunday, Gwamanda and his office labelled the allegations a “character assassination”.
He denied swindling and scamming people, saying anyone who claimed he had robbed them should open a case against him.
“[I am] not shaken or bothered by the DA. Remember, the DA’s political approach is attacking other political parties. No-one knows what they stand for.”
Al Jama-ah leader Ganief Hendricks said the ANC had vetted Gwamanda and the secretary-general of the party Fikile Mbalula said he had passed with a “clean bill”.
“We have nothing to say about the DA. They just want to disrupt the operations of the city and take us away from our focus, which is providing service delivery.”
Hendricks labelled Phalatse a “sore loser” and claimed the DA was “up to their dirty tricks”.
Mpho Phalatse denies waging personal vendetta against Joburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda
Image: Freddy Mavunda/Business Day
DA caucus leader Mpho Phalatse has denied waging a personal vendetta against newly elected Johannesburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda, saying she's acting on behalf of those allegedly scammed by the mayor.
It is alleged Al-Jama-ah's Gwamanda, through his entity iThemba Lama Afrika, “swindled and scammed” innocent residents into investing in a funeral/investment scheme.
Phalatse gave Gwamanda 48 hours from Sunday to come clean before reporting him to the police.
Speaking on Newzroom Afrika, the former mayor said she was asked to intervene and assist people who want their money back.
“I am not the one laying the charges. The people who were affected are the ones who must lay charges,” she said.
Phalatse said the DA is offering support and assistance to anyone who would like to press charges against Gwamanda.
“I have gathered quite a significant amount of information on the matter and I have become a mediator of sorts in the matter, which we are [doing] as public representatives. Our interest is that people get justice, but our interest from council's perspective is that we are able to also investigate from our end the fitness of councillor Gwamanda to hold office,” she said.
Speaking to Sowetan on Sunday, Gwamanda and his office labelled the allegations a “character assassination”.
He denied swindling and scamming people, saying anyone who claimed he had robbed them should open a case against him.
“[I am] not shaken or bothered by the DA. Remember, the DA’s political approach is attacking other political parties. No-one knows what they stand for.”
Al Jama-ah leader Ganief Hendricks said the ANC had vetted Gwamanda and the secretary-general of the party Fikile Mbalula said he had passed with a “clean bill”.
“We have nothing to say about the DA. They just want to disrupt the operations of the city and take us away from our focus, which is providing service delivery.”
Hendricks labelled Phalatse a “sore loser” and claimed the DA was “up to their dirty tricks”.
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