MAP replaces committee chair

By Libuseng Nyaka

QWAQWA – The African Content Movement’s Mandla Holley was elected Maluti-a-Phofung local municipality chairperson of Public Accounts MPAC by the council sitting on August 19, beating Democratic Alliance’s Moshe Lefuma by 31 votes against 29.

The position became vacant after former chairperson Tumelo Thulo was recalled by his party from the council in June 2024.
In an early interview Moshe Lefuma raised concern over the delay to fill this crucial position.

“Since its establishment in the current administration, the committee has struggled to take shape and has never tabled any report or interrogated any financial statements or findings of the Auditor-General (AG).
“The DA has been fighting throughout, trying to bring stability and make the committee function.

Newly elected chairperson of Public Accounts Committee Mandla Holley.

“We have in the past sought interventions from the council speaker, SALGA, and COGTA, amongst others with no effect. The municipality currently has R8.1 billion in unauthorized, irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditures, one of the highest in the Free State, this is very unsettling for us,” Lefuma said.