Scandal-ridden ex-mayor lands ‘cushy job'

A former ANC mayor who resigned with immediate effect in the wake of a scandal surrounding her citizenship has allegedly resurfaced as an employee of the Free State human settlement department.

- Sipho Mabena

Nthateng Maoke stepped down as the mayor of Setsoto municipality in 2019, after home affairs claimed she was a Lesotho national and had fraudulently obtained her South African citizenship.

The allegations were apparently contained in an anonymous tip from a whistle-blower that she was a Lesotho national and was assisted by a senior home affairs official to illegally obtain citizenship.

She stepped down as mayor, the position she held since 2016, but retained her position as an ordinary councillor.