/ 6 January 1999

MOFOKENG FILES SUIT AGAINST NATS

GAUTENG housing MEC, Dan Mofokeng, is demanding a total of R1-million from the National Party in the province and its leader, Johan Kilian, for defamation over an auditor general’s report Mofokeng released on December 28. Kilian accused Mofokeng of suppressing some of the report’s findings. The report appeared to clear the provincial housing and land affairs department of allegations of corruption made by Enos Mkuchana, the department’s former head. Mofokeng filed separate R500000 defamation suits against Kilian and Mkuchana on December 30, and on Wednesday added a R500000 suit against the Gauteng National Party.