Stevens Mokgalapa placed on special leave
Tshwane Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa will be placed on special leave pending investigations into his conduct.
Over the weekend, an audio clip was widely shared on social media in which two people, supposedly Mogalapa and Transport MMC Sheila Senkubuge, can be heard discussing upcoming court cases.
The audio clip also seems to bear evidence of a sexual relationship between the two.
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The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Gauteng leader John Moody says Mokgalapa informed the party that he will be going on leave starting on Thursday.
"Until such time the legal commission has concluded its business. The party respects the gesture of goodwill from the mayor whose clearing the path so that the investigation can happen without any intervention or any objection.
"We will ensure that the investigation is thorough and that it is concluded as speedily as possible so as to continue to render the necessary services to the people of Tshwane.”
According to Moodley, Mokgalapa has laid charges of extortion and invasion of privacy "against some known and unknown individuals at the Brooklyn Police Station as well as with the Hawks".