Tshwane Mayco member for Finance dismisses false claims about the metro’s financial position [SOUND]

# Tshwane deputy mayor and mayoral committee member for Finance, Eugene Modise, says claims that the metro was unable, or at risk of being unable, to pay its employees’ salaries in June are false. The DA has claimed that the metro only had sufficient cash available in its bank account to process payroll by late afternoon on the day salaries were meant to be released. Tshwane mayor’s spokesperson, Samkelo Mgobozi, says after paying employee salaries, the metro still maintained a positive bank balance of approximately 1.8-billion-rand: