City of Tshwane deputy mayor and MMC for finance Eugene Modise photo by Dimakatso Modipa
The DA in Tshwane is concerned that Deputy Mayor in the City of Tshwane Eugene Bonzo Modise is apparently benefitting from yet another contract handed out by the City of Tshwane Municipality.
This after a Sunday newspaper reported that Deputy Mayor Eugene Modise and ANC Greater Tshwane Treasurer James Shelenge have benefitted from a R777 million water tanker contract which was awarded to a total of 40 companies by the City of Tshwane Municipality during the emergency situation caused by water shortage in Tshwane.
Cllr Jacqui Uys – DA Tshwane Spokesperson on Finance
According to reports, Modise’s company Gofa-One received a total of R1,7 million rand while that of his comrade Shelenge received around R30 million.
“We are making progress in in Tshwane; finally uncovering the names of ANC elites benefitting from Watertankering contracts which have shot up to R777 million in one financial year since the administration took over,” enthused former City of Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink.
” The DA welcomes the SIU investigation into the invoices paid for water tankers and specifically the investigation to find out if invoices paid were for actual tankers that delivered water,” he said.
” It is concerning that the Deputy Mayor is benefitting from yet another contract in Tshwane and we will also add the Gofa One matter to the fraud case that we have already opened with SAPS against Bonzo Modise regarding his interest in a security company that is doing business with the City of Tshwane,” he explained.
Meanwhile, Tshwane DA Caucus Chief Whip Jacqui Uys pointed out that in July 2024 the then DA administration in the City of Tshwane did the following:
1.Refused to pay water tanker owners whose invoices didn’t have Purchase Order numbers.
2.Cancelled a water tanker tender before it could be awarded due to material irregularities.
Uys said the above-mentioned measures led to the ANC bringing a motion of no confidence in Cilliers Brink and succeeded in this regard with the help of SctionSA.
“One of the first things the ANC and ActionSA administration did upon gaining power in the City of Tshwane was to dust off all those invoices and paid them without proof of any tankers working; shooting the spend on Water tankers up by 455% in one financial year,” said Uys
Uys also opines that a Council meeting scheduled for 5 March 2026 ( which eventually failed to msyerislise) to consider accusations of corruption against the Municipality’s Chief Financial Officer Gareth Mnisi was motivated by the ANC’s desire to remove him as it seems like he has on two occasions cancelled tenders that would have benefitted Deputy Mayor Modise.
A statement released by the Tshwane DA on 5 March 2026 insists that Gofa-One Business Enterprise supplied water tanker services to the City of Tshwane Municipality to the tune of R2,2 million at a time Modise was a Councillor and not supposed to do business with the City of Tshwane, thus rendering the whole contract illegal.
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