Staff Reporter
The Democratic Alliance (DA) announced on Wednesday that City of Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya has confirmed that she will make arrangements to repay approximately R270 000 to the municipality, representing an overpayment she received during her tenure as a city official.
The party said it received this confirmation following a statement it released on Tuesday.
“Yesterday, the DA issued a press statement on the matter, and today we received a letter from Mayor Moya confirming that she is one of the officials who have not yet repaid undue salary payments from the City,” said DA Tshwane finance spokesperson, Jacqui Uys.
She noted that most officials who had received such payments have either already repaid the amounts or made arrangements with the City.
“Most of the officials who had received these undue payments have already paid back the money, or made payment arrangements with the City,” she said.
“It is unfortunate that Mayor Moya had to be prompted publicly to do what is right, instead of setting an example on her own,” Uys added.
In its Tuesday statement, the DA said it remains unclear how the overpayment occurred, suggesting either an administrative error or payment irregularities that previously led to disciplinary action against senior officials.
At the time, Moya served first as head of the chief whip’s office and later as chief of staff to Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa.
Uys noted that this will be Moya’s second repayment to the City: the first was R10 000 for an international trip that she did not undertake.
“This will be the second repayment that Moya has had to make to Tshwane, the first being an amount of R10,000 received for an international trip which Moya did not undertake,” said Uys.
On Wednesday, ActionSA accused the DA of acting out of “insecurity” and attempting to discredit Moya.
ActionSA’s national chairperson Michael Beaumont slammed a 2021 DA directive from former mayor Randall Williams, which blocked the recovery of salary increases from ex-senior managers like Moya, allowing only those who approved the pay hikes to be held accountable.
“Despite this, and despite knowing about the matter for six years, the desperate DA has now sought to make it an issue to undermine Dr Moya’s progress in addressing the significant backlogs inherited after eight years of DA misgovernance of Tshwane,” Beaumont said.
He accused the DA of projecting “unsubstantiated allegations” of financial impropriety against ActionSA leaders, including Herman Mashaba and Moya, as part of “insidious” attempts to undermine black leadership.
“The DA continues to project unsubstantiated allegations of financial impropriety against ActionSA leaders like Herman Mashaba and Dr Moya as part of insidious attempt to undermine the credibility of strong, effective black leadership. This is done with no appreciation for the irony of the countless serious allegations against former DA Mayors who have been implicated in Glad Afrika, questionable hijackings, Kratos unsolicited bids and sex scandals in our capital city,” said Beaumont.
“ActionSA urges Dr Mayor and her multi-party coalition to continue their progress in reversing the legacy of DA failure in Tshwane finding comfort in the Zulu idiom, “Inja ayikonkhothi imoto emile.”
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