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“Lift the veil on allegations of this R160 million bribe ... Come clean Danny Jordaan, come out of hiding and tell us the truth!”
Athol Trollip – the Democratic Alliance leader in the Eastern Cape and the mayoral candidate of the opposition party at the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro – has taken another swipe at the city’s mayor, Jordaan, in an open letter.
Trollip accused Jordaan of “playing the people like pawns in an ANC corruption chess match; used and fooled at the will of a select few”.
Last week, football’s governing body Fifa confirmed that a $10 million bribe was paid to secure the 2010 World Cup.
Trollip said that Jordaan had last year admitted that he had facilitated and signed a deal that saw the transfer of funds to Jack Warner “but assured us that this was not a bribe. Danny, your signature is on the letter to Fifa”.
Because Fifa had confirmed that this deal was a bribe, Jordaan was responsible, said Trollip.
He urged Jordaan to “do the right thing”.
“ANC colleagues of yours have exposed grotesque state capture at the hands of the Guptas who call the ANC friends. Your ANC colleagues stood up and told the truth. The question is: will you?”
Neither Jordaan or his spokesperson, Mlungisi Ncame, could be reached for comment.
Below is the letter by Trollip which he confirmed to City Press that he authored.
