The Democratic Alliance (DA) will engage a tracing agent to locate Edwin Sodi and provide the information to Tshwane and National Treasury. We will also request the City to publish Sodi’s blacklisting notice online to ensure transparency and give him an opportunity to respond.
English and Afrikaans soundbites by Ald Cilliers Brink
The ANC-led coalition in Tshwane has run out of excuses for why an application to blacklist Edwin Sodi and his associates has not been submitted to National Treasury.
If successful, the application would prevent Sodi and Blackhead Consulting from doing business with the state, protecting communities like Hammanskraal from further harm.
The Sunday Times reports that the City has been unable to locate Sodi and, according to the Mayor’s spokesperson, Mayor Nasipi Moya appears indifferent.
It is not difficult to find Sodi, as the Sunday Times journalist demonstrated. Sodi is a corruption accused who has appeared before the Zondo Commission. Tshwane can instruct a tracing agent to find Sodi, or even publish a notice for his attention in the newspapers.
The City’s excuses appear designed to protect Sodi and his ANC patronage network.
Blacklisting Sodi is essential to ensuring justice for the people of Hammanskraal. This is what the DA-led coalition in Tshwane sought to achieve when we initiated the blacklisting application in 2023.
Since ActionSA handed control of the city to the ANC in 2024, the blacklisting process has stalled.
In May 2025, the DA wrote to the Tshwane City Manager and received written assurance that the blacklisting process was well underway. By September 2025, the City offered excuses to a committee of Parliament why the application had not yet been submitted to National Treasury.
At the time, the DA warned that delaying the process risked prejudicing Tshwane’s case against Sodi—a risk the ANC-led coalition now appears willing to take.
To move the process forward, the DA will engage a tracing agent to find Sodi and hand over the details to Tshwane as well as National Treasury. We will also ask the City to publish Sodi’s blacklisting notice on its website to ensure transparency and give Sodi an opportunity to respond.
The DA remains committed to ensuring accountability, protecting communities, and rooting out corruption wherever it occurs. We will continue to act decisively for the people of Tshwane, and we will not allow anyone to place personal or political interests above justice.