Moiloa local municipality has irked opposition parties, which accuse the municipal manager of further corrupt activities and irregularities in the municipality.

The DA, Cope and Working Together Political Party said they had written letters to municipal manager Crosby Maema, demanding answers for the appointment of Peter Applegreen as mayor Africa Thale’s private bodyguard and driver simultaneously and paid from the municipality’s coffers.

Working Together Political Party leader Olefile Moiloa, Ketumile Seswane (Cope) and Cornel Dreyer (DA) said Applegreen also received a R7000 subsidy per month for a vehicle he allegedly did not qualify for and that he earned two salaries.

“I wrote a letter to the municipal manager questioning the council resolution taken on December 13 last year, which approved the appointment of Applegreen, a traffic officer who is known to us, as the driver of the mayor but now has been appointed as a private bodyguard of the mayor.

“It’s a pity that council meeting was held in Setswana and I could not understand what was discussed. Subsequently I was informed that a resolution was taken regarding Applegreen,” Dreyer said.

Seswane further accused the municipal manager of interfering in the supply chain processes, which had resulted in the mayor instituting a forensic audit to probe corruption in the municipality.

The parties also accuse the municipality of making a R12000 payment to a bus company on August 3 last year to transport ANC branch delegates to Haartbeespoort for the ANC provincial conference ahead of the Mangaung elective conference.

Municipal manager Crosby Maema said the municipality took a council decision in December for Applegreen to provide security services to the mayor.

“Those people (parties) know exactly what happened because they were part of that council meeting. In relation to other matters, we have instituted a forensic investigation led by the police and we are waiting for the report from them,” Maema said.

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