Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba launches probe into 'looting' in the Alexandra Renewal Project.
Continues Mashaba:"I place no stock in premier Makhura's announcement of an investigation into the ARP. He has served as the premier of Gauteng since 2014, and has never once taken any interest in the matter until now.
Mashaba said he has met with Makhura and former MEC for housing Paul Mashatile on the issue of"a statement of intent which was signed with great fanfare on the eve of the 2016 local government elections". "I've asked where the funding is to come from for the massive promises made in that document. At no time did the provincial government take any interest in these matters. Our group forensics unit has a track record of credible investigations and will get to the bottom of the corruption that has robbed the residents of Alexandra of the much-needed developm in the area.
"I will include investigating the role of provincial and national governments in the suspected looting alongside that of the previous governments in Johannesburg," he said.
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