Merafong Mayor still in office, despite ANC calling on her to step down

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng is deeply concerned that the Mayor for Merafong, Maphefo Mogale Letsie, has still not stepped down.

This despite the ANC asking the Merafong Mayor and the Mayor of West Rand to step down for their involvement in the illegal investment of R50 million with VBS.

Instead, Mayor Letsie told councillors that she was asked to resign and not instructed to do so and feels that it is her right to refuse.

The R50 million that was illegally invested with VBS under her watch will probably never be recovered.

The fact that Mayor Letsie has refused to step down shows that the ANC structures including the integrity commission along with the PEC are toothless and are unable to root out cadres who facilitate corruption.

In addition, this also has implications for President Cyril Ramaphosa whose seven page appeal to his party, shows that it is more talk and no action.

Furthermore, it is also concerning that the media and the public is under the impression that Mayor Letsie has indeed stepped down and this perception needs to be rectified.

The DA is therefore calling on the ANC to remove her from its Proportional Representative (PR) list in Merafong and to inform the IEC that she is no longer on their candidate list.