Mayor denies claims that she owes over R46k municipal bill

TSHWANE Executive Mayor Nasiphi Moya has rubbished allegations by the DA that she recently had a R46 000 unpaid municipal bill outstanding from 2023, labelling the claims as "false, misleading, and politically motivated".

- RAPULA MOATSHE

Moya's chief of staff, Andre Coetzee, said the DA's claim that the executive mayor was in arrears is entirely false and contradicted by the city's own financial records. "The DA's conduct represents bad-faith politics at its worst. It is a deliberate attempt to distort facts and mislead the public for cheap political gain," he said.

This follows allegations by DA Tshwane spokesperson on finance Jacqui Uys that Moya admitted to owing the city outstanding rates and taxes from 2023.

According to Uys, Moya made the admission after the DA used council processes to question her about an outstanding property rates account for a property in her name. She said the DA obtained information in September indicating a property registered to Moya had outstanding property rates since 2023, with an amount over R45 000 owed to the municipality.