PRETORIA: Tshwane Mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa has denied allegations that the city would lose R1.2 billion following the termination of a lucrative smart pre-paid meters contract with service provider, PEU Capital Partners.
“We can prove that we went out on tender. No one has ever questioned whether the smart meters work. Not less than a month ago I had DA councillors asking why we were not rolling out the smart meters in their areas,” Ramakgopa told a summit following his State of the city address presented on Thursday.
“Everyone accepts the merits of the smart meter. We can prove that we went out on tender. That councillor must tell us, because you can’t just go out and make spurious remarks about the city. Tell us where is this R1.2 billion.”
Democratic Alliance finance spokesman Lex Middelberg told reporters this week that there was proof that the city had selected an option that would milk R1.2 billion from the metro by June 2017.
