ANC mayor cancels purchase of a R1.5 million luxury vehicle
The Democratic Alliance says that the eMalahleni Municipality has reversed the purchase of a R1.5 million luxury vehicle for its new mayor, Lindiwe Ntshalintshali.
The DA said that the money for this luxury vehicle was to be sourced from service delivery budgets.
“This is not only a victory for the people of eMalahleni but also for accountability and the principle that the people come first, not political elites,” the political party said.
The mayor of the DA-led City of Tshwane, Solly Msimanga, recently put a stop to the purchase and lease of luxury vehicles for politicians.
No new luxury cars will be bought or leased for politicians in Tshwane, the DA mayor said in a statement.
If vehicles currently owned by Tshwane require replacement, sensible and low-cost vehicles will be procured.
“A Hyundai i20 or Toyota Corolla can do the same job for a politician as an expensive sedan,” Msimanga said.
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The Tshwane ANC Youth League however, accused Msimanga of political grandstanding over his cancelling of the City’s partnership with BMW to ensure officials drove cheaper cars.
ANCYL regional chairperson Lesego Makhubela said the DA-led municipality was trying to reverse the gains the ANC had made in improving the lives of black children.
“We are further convinced that the cutting of the so-called ‘luxury cars’ is political grandstanding at its best and it is speedily ricocheting to expose how politically bankrupt the racist Democratic Alliance is,” he told reporters in Pretoria.
Makhubela said BMW’s Rosslyn plant, near the Soshanguve and Garankuwa townships, at one stage in 2011 had employed more than 3,700 people, and manufactured more than 53,000 BMW 3 Series cars.
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