{"id":75390,"date":"2024-10-23T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/joburg-mayor-morero-places-gwamanda-on-special-leave"},"modified":"2024-10-23T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T17:22:00","slug":"joburg-mayor-morero-places-gwamanda-on-special-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/joburg-mayor-morero-places-gwamanda-on-special-leave","title":{"rendered":"Joburg mayor Morero places Gwamanda on special leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>City of Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has placed his MMC of community development Kabelo Gwamanda on special leave with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>Morero on Tuesday wrote to Gwamanda informing him of his decision to relieve him of his duties owing to his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe severity of these allegations demand a proactive response to protect the integrity of the office of the executive mayor,\u201d said Morero.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn line with the city&#8217;s commitment to integrity, good governance and accountability, I have decided to place Gwamanda on special leave, effective immediately, and relieve him of all his executive duties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the Sunday Times reported that Gwamanda was arrested on Friday over allegations of fraud. The 39-year-old former Johannesburg mayor was arrested in connection with an alleged funeral policy scam that he ran in Soweto in 2011 and 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The decision by Morero to place Gwamanda on special leave comes after the pair held a meeting on Tuesday morning. TimesLIVE understands Morero wrote to Gwamanda after their meeting, telling him that he has decided to relieve him of his duties.<\/p>\n<p>Morero will appoint an acting MMC to ensure service delivery is not hampered, insiders said.<\/p>\n<p>Morero said on Monday Gwamanda\u2019s arrest required urgent action from him. He has since been released on bail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe developments deserve to be handled with a sense of urgency on behalf of the residents of the city to ensure it does not impact on service delivery. I wish to confirm that as a first step I am meeting &#8230; Gwamanda tomorrow [Tuesday] to receive his official report,\u201d Morero said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunday Times reported a warrant of arrest on Gwamanda states that he was arrested after a victim of his alleged scam opened a case with Protea Glen police.<\/p>\n<p>Gwamanda is alleged to have conned unsuspecting Soweto residents in a scheme in which they made monthly payments for funeral insurance. A Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) investigation last year revealed that Gwamanda, an Al Jama-ah councillor, operated the illegal business in 2012 then disappeared when his clients came looking for their money.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, who opened the case against Gwamanda in January, told the police she took out a funeral policy with Gwamanda\u2019s company, Ithemba Lama Afrika, which was based in Soweto. However, later when she tried to visit their offices, she found that the company had moved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe did her own investigation and found other victims. She was told that the two directors had committed suicide after failing to pay money back to investors,\u201d reads the police report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestors were under the impression that both directors had died, only to see one suspect appearing on TV as the mayor of Johannesburg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. City of Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has placed his MMC of community development Kabelo Gwamanda on special leave with immediate effect. Morero on Tuesday wrote to Gwamanda informing him of his decision to relieve him of his duties owing to his arrest. \u201cThe severity of these allegations demand a proactive response to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":75389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-75390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Joburg mayor Morero places Gwamanda on special leave - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/joburg-mayor-morero-places-gwamanda-on-special-leave\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joburg mayor Morero places Gwamanda on special leave\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. 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