During a recent meeting of the Tshwane Metro Council, the FF Plus recommended that several internal valuers and officials of the Metro should be criminally charged.
The recommendation stems from a report on land procured by the Metro in 2013 that was recently tabled to the Council.
The report provides a detailed account of the valuation processes followed with the procurement of parts of Hartbeeshoek, Donkerhoek and Derdepoort.
According to the report, there is a discrepancy of more than R60 000 000 between the properties’ market-related and valuation prices.
So, the Metro paid exorbitant, artificially inflated prices for the properties.
The FF Plus insists that the officials involved in these transactions should pay back the money and be criminally charged. The businesses implicated in the matter should also be investigated.
The valuers who were involved in the transactions should be brought before the South African Council for the Property Valuers Profession.
The FF Plus will do everything in its power to eradicate corruption and the misappropriation of tax money in the Tshwane Metro, and keep fighting for a clean administration.
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