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Statement On ANC Allegations Against Me

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Dear Editor

With reference to the media report this morning I would like to share the following pertinent facts to assist our members and supporters to gain a better understanding of what actually transpired.

1. As required by law, I declared all my business interests to the municipality more than a year ago.

2. That declaration included my interest in the company, Yonke Installations, which has been singled out by the ANC for its ill-informed attack against me.

3. For the record, Yonke Installations was registered as a service provider on the municipal database long before I became a councillor and has previously done work for the municipality.

So, for starters, the insinuation by the ANC that I may have used my position to get them work from the municipality is not only ill-founded but is also malicious.

Perhaps that is hardly surprising given their political desperation to bring down our multi-party government.

4. Predating my election as a councillor, Yonke Installations has been on a panel of pre-approved service providers who get awarded limited emergency work by the municipality from time to time on what the supply chain department calls an “informal tender” system. This is how the contract that the ANC is desperately trying to turn into a scandal came about.

5. I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of Yonke Installations. But as soon as I became aware that they had been awarded some limited work by the municipality in November last year I immediately declared that to the Executive Mayor and the Municipal Manager for the purposes of transparency. This I did not withstanding the fact that Yonke Installations was already part of my original declaration of interests early on in 2022.

6. The crux of the matter is that as a public representative and businessman I am fully aware of the legal and ethical obligations I face.

That is why I have chosen to be transparent about my business interests with the declarations I have made to the municipality.

My approach to all the work I do is grounded in integrity as a guiding principle and I shall not deviate from that philosophy.

We shall have no moral authority to call the thieves to account if we do not do the right thing ourselves.

The desperate desire by the ANC to tarnish my name is not surprising given the political dire straits they are in. But in this particular matter the facts will show that they are clutching at straws.

Regards

Khusta Jack
Deputy Mayor Nelson Mandela Bay

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