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TJHETANE MOFOKENG MOFOKENG, the executive mayor of the Dihlabeng Municipality, is expected to land in Switzerland tomorrow for the Swiss Summit of Leaders and the awards ceremony for the region’s best resort. Mofokeng was invited to the International Awards after the Europe Business Assembly (EBA) had nominated him for the best manager in the world. He will also represent his municipality which was nominated in the best city category. The best city and best manager nominations are in recognition of the city’s reputation, effective city management, constant growth and tourist attractiveness. In all 30 countries will take part in the summit. The awards ceremony will
THE Dihlabeng ex ecutive mayor, Tjhe tane Mofokeng. Pho to: Tladi Moloi
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be held in the La Coupole, Fairmont Le Montreux Palace on Saturday evening. Even though recent reports pointed out that the municipality had paid approximately R100 000 for the title, Clem Harrington, the member of the mayoral council (MMC) for Local Economic Development in the municipality, said: “Nonsense. I promoted the municipality and the mayor because I think they deserve the award. “We won’t pay that much for a piece of paper.” Harrington said they had been surprised that Roy Jankielsohn, DA caucus leader in the Free State, had been the one who had raised the issue. He said Jankielsohn was the one who had said Dihlabeng was the best municipality in the Free State. “It is also not true that the mayor will be accommodated in a five-star hotel. “I have been there and I can confirm that it is a three-star hotel,” he said. Harrington said the last time the DA leader, Helen Zille, had won the award no one had mentioned a scam, but now that it was Tjhetane’s turn, people said negative things. Mofokeng also poured cold water on the allegations that they had paid a certain amount and added that he knew they had to cater for flights and accommo-
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dation. He said the issue was controversial and that they were dealing with it. He denied that they had asked to be nominated, and added that he could not say when exactly he would be flying to Switzerland as they still had to decide this at a meeting. He said last year when Clarens had celebrated its centenary, they had invited the mayor of the Montreux Municipality in Switzerland, which also has a town called Clarens within its borders. The president of the old Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, Paul Kruger, had died there in 1904 and therefore the Montreux Municipality had historical links with South Africa. “We agreed to have a twinning agreement where we could exchange programmes relating to education, culture and technology. “We’ll send a delegation to Switzerland and discuss the details on how we are going to take forward the twinning agreement. “It is against this background that our municipality was nominated for the development and promotion of tourism. “We have been amongst the municipalities that have been recognised for good performance particularly in the areas of tourism and community development,” he said.