Mazzone‚ who has been at the forefront of the DA’s long-running battle with De Lille‚ said on Tuesday: “We‚ as the DA‚ have always maintained that this wholly independent investigation should be allowed to run its course so that the full extent of the governance breakdown in Cape Town under De Lille could be independently and fully investigated.
“We await and respect the outcome of Thursday’s council meeting where the results of this independent investigation are tabled.”
In a letter to city manager Lungelo Mbandazayo a week ago‚ Van Voore said he was asked to lead the investigation centred on the city transport authority on March 1‚ with 30 days to complete his work.
However‚ De Lille could not meet him until March 27‚ and the following day he sent her a batch of documents requiring her response.
He wrote to her again in April‚ May and June requesting her response‚ and eventually received a “preliminary” response from De Lille’s lawyer‚ John Riley‚ on July 27.
After two more months of waiting for her final response‚ he wrote to De Lille on September 27 giving her a deadline of Friday October 5‚ “failing which I would finalise the report”.
On October 3‚ Riley wrote to him saying De Lille had no further submissions.
De Lille responded to a request for comment saying: “I will release a statement after I have studied the report and consulted my lawyers.”