Top Tshwane boss quits
2006-11-10 10:07
Johannesburg - Tshwane municipal manager Blake Mosley-Lefatola has resigned, the Pretoria News reported on Friday.
Its website said he handed his letter of resignation to Tshwane mayor Gwen Ramokgopa who had not yet responded.
Asked about rumours that he and Ramokgopa did not get along, Mosley-Lefatola said: "We had a good working relationship. There were differences in dealing with issues."
Mosley-Lefatola, whose contract was recently renewed by Ramokgopa, said he would now pursue "other plans in the corporate sector".
His resignation comes a month after the council denied that he had been suspended.
The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) said at the time that the council was "almost without top management" after Mosley-Lefatola's supposed suspension.
The FF+ also claimed that action against Mosley-Lefatola had triggered a spate of resignations, suspensions and non-renewal of contracts of several other senior managers.
Mosley-Lefatola was linked to one of the companies allegedly awarded contracts irregularly.
Mayoral spokesperson Richard Mkholo confirmed that Mosley-Lefatola had submitted his resignation letter.
- SAPA