The Mayor and Speaker of Tshwane’s ANC/EFF/ActionSA-coalition continue to shamelessly protect the City’s dodgy Deputy Mayor from facing accountability.
Yesterday, the acting Speaker of Tshwane blocked a Democratic Alliance (DA) motion of no confidence in Deputy Mayor, Eugene Modise on the basis that the motion is premature.
According to the ruling, the DA must wait for an investigative report into Modise’s alleged dodgy business arrangements to be tabled in Council. But the Speaker refuses to table the report in the municipal council.
The investigation into Modise’s undisclosed and continuing financial interest in Triotic Protection Services — a company with a multi-million rand contract with Tshwane — was, however, completed weeks ago.
Copies of the report have been leaked to the media, and they confirm that Modise is in material breach of the Code of Conduct for Councillors. The Code prohibits councillors from benefitting from municipal contracts.
Despite being aware of the findings against Modise, Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya keeps him in place as member of the mayoral committee for finance in the ANC/EFF/ActionSA-coalition. In turn, the Speaker prevents the investigative report from being tabled in council.
The DA has instructed attorneys to start proceedings to compel the City to release the Modise report.
The contract between Tshwane and Triotic first lapsed in February 2025, and was extended without following a competitive bidding process. This resulted in irregular expenditure of R170 million. At present Triotic continues to provide security watchman services to Tshwane without a valid contract, thus incurring irregular expenditure on a daily basis.
We believe that if Modise’s interest in Triotic had been properly disclosed then the City would not have extended its contract, and the irregular expenditure would not have occurred.
Considered together, Modise’s misrepresentation in failing to declare his interest in Triotic and the prejudice suffered by the City by the irregular extension of the Triotic contract justifies a criminal charge of fraud against Modise. The City is trying to protect Modise by hiding the report, now, the DA will force the City’s hand, and make public what they would rather keep hidden.