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The Auditor-General’s findings into the blatant mismanagement of the City of Johannesburg under the leadership of former ANC Mayor, Parks Tau, speaks volumes to how residents of the city were short changed by the ANC.

Millions of rands worth of fruitless and wasteful expenditure which were incurred under the ANC could have been better spent on uplifting the lives of the city’s poor and marginalised. It is shameful that the systemic rot within the ANC denied millions of residents a better quality of life.

The lack of transparency and unwillingness to investigate the mismanagement of public funds, as well as the instances where there have been clear violations of the Municipal Financial Management Act, stand testament to the true legacy of Park’s Tau.

The DA will leave no stone unturned in Johannesburg to ensure that where public money can be recovered, it will be – and those who have broken the law will be brought to book.

It is our intention to ensure that every resident of this city is served with humility, respect and in the most transparent manner possible.

The days of waste, poor service delivery and dishonest governance walked out the door with Parks Tau.

Issued by DA