Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya Defends Decision To Return R270,000 Salary Overpayment

• Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya defended her decision to return the R270,000 payment she received from the City of Tshwane during her tenure as the Chief of Staff
• This was after the Democratic Alliance in Tshwane repeatedly called for her to pay back the money she received
• Moya explained how she received the money and accused the Democratic Alliance's mayors of not doing due diligence during their governance of Tshwane

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TSHWANE, GAUTENG — The Mayor of Tshwane, Dr Nasiphi Moya, defended herself and said that she has cooperated with the municipality after she made the decision to repay the R270,000 she received as overpayment during her tenure as the Chief of Staff.

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In a statement she released on 27 August 2025, Moya hit back against former Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink, who criticised her and accused her of deliberately refusing to pay the money back. Moya said that the matter dates back to 2019.

Moya explained that she received R268,975.51 on 5 July 2019 during her tenure as the Chief of Staff. The payment was part of a benchmarking-related salary adjustment, which 78 senior officials across the City also received. She said that she resigned from her post before the process was completed, and the salary grading emerged after her departure.

"I was not informed of the issue at the time," she said.

Former mayor's instructions were never implemented

Moya also took a swipe at the city's former administration and said that the City's former mayor, Randall Williams, issued a directive that the cases involving increases paid to officials be dealt with in terms of the Municipal Finance Management Act.

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She also said that the required report was not submitted either under Williams' term or under Brinks' term, which ended when a motion of no confidence was passed against him and he was removed from office.

She said she became aware of the issue in July 2024, three months before she was elected the City's mayor. Moya added that she has consistently cooperated with the City Manager.

"After my election as Executive Mayor in October 2024, I escalated the matter to the City Manager and requested a report on the matter... The City Manager can confirm that I have fully cooperated and specifically requested not to receive any special treatment," she said.

Steps Moya took

Moya said that she remained confident of the integrity of her conduct. She also voluntarily authorised a monthly repayment to the City of Tshwane and remains committed to concluding the matter. Moya admitted that, even though preliminary findings showed that there is no evidence of wrongdoing by officials who received the payments in good faith, the political and administrative handling of the matter should be scrutinised.

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Nasiphi Moya slams tenderpreneurs

In a related article, Briefly News reported that Moya slammed tenderpreneurs and accused them of trying to find ways around the system. She spoke in a recent interview about their tactics.

Moya said that contractors' documents are beautiful, but do not match the capacity of the contractor. She said it was more prudent to serve the needs of the community and not pander to contractors.

Source: Briefly News