DA denies Joburg is bankrupt

Gordhan has two houses, one in Groenkloof near Pretoria and a flat in Durban.

Finance Minister Nhlahla Nene has, according to the register, nothing to declare. Meanwhile, cellular companies have been footing the bill for MPs and ministers to attend fancy social events while others got top of the range smartphones.

Telkom gave DA leader Mmusi Maimane a Samsung Galaxy S7 worth R11 000 while his colleague David Maynier received the same phone.

EFF MP Leigh-Ann Mathys received a Samsung phone worth R12 000 while Godrich Gardee, EFF secretary and MP, received a Samsung S8 worth R11 000.

Telkom gave Deputy Minister of Public Works Jeremy Cronin a R3 000 notebook while UDM leader Bantu Holomisa got accommodation at the SuperSport / Telkom Golf Tournament worth R7 000 and tickets to the Vodacom Durban July worth R5 000 from the cellular giant.

ANC MP Comely Maxegwana received tickets to the Cape Town Jazz Festival from Vodacom as well as her colleagues Azwihangwisi Muthambi, Thulas Nxesi (Minister of Public Works) whose tickets were worth R2 000 and R9 000 respectively.

Transport Minister Blade Nzimande received tickets to the value of R17 000 from Vodacom.

EFF leader Julius Malema listed four Trusts on his register, and had nothing else to disclose. THE DA has rejected a Sunday newspaper report that the City of Johannesburg is in financial trouble.

The DA has noted a report in the City Press that the city is “cashstrapped” and “heading for a bailout”, and rejects the allegations as false and a misrepresentation of the city’s finances, DA spokesperson Refiloe Nt’sekhe said.

The new DA-led administration had worked tirelessly to stabilise finances and this intervention was already yielding positive results. – African News Agency (ANA)