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Tshwane water scandal
The Citizen
|March 17, 2026
TANKERS: DEPUTY MAYOR ACCUSED OF RECEIVING R31.7M CONTRACTS
Many questions are swirling about the future of City of Tshwane deputy mayor Eugene Modise following allegations of water tanker corruption worth millions of rands resurfacing.
Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya, the ANC and the EFF have yet to comment on the latest allegations about Modise, who is also the MMC of finance, and his alleged involvement in millions of rands spent on water tankers, despite not owning one.
DA mayoral candidate Cilliers Brink has welcomed the progress in exposing what he described as Tshwane's water tanker mafia and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigation into the R777 million spent on water tankers by Tshwane in the 2024-25 financial year.
"This is an important step towards uncovering the full extent of corruption and abuse by Tshwane's water tanker mafia.
This story is from the March 17, 2026 edition of The Citizen.
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