READER LETTER | Tshwane finances story an affront to Banda

The Sowetan hardly promotes the accounting profession in the black community, yet is quick to condemn a black person who defied all odds from a rural background and rose to the top echelons in the public and private sectors. One still has to read an article in the Sowetan celebrating the success of black candidates when annual board results are announced given that Africans still constitute a insignificant minority of the total accounting professionals.

The reporter has ironically identified material gaps in the staffing (appointment of a full-time city manager, the filling of top management positions) at the metro yet the poor former CFO must “be in for a high jump”. He is clearly being made the scapegoat. This is clear bias and impolite language by the reporter.

Gauteng MEC for human settlements and infrastructure development Lebogang Maile is challenging an audit report in court. One wonders if Banda would get the same harsh treatment if the metro was under a different political party.

He might just be a victim of politics.

Jeffrey Mothuloe, CA (SA)