Tshwane trashes takeaway tale

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• IOL: Tshwane rubbishes R15m takeaways report... The City of Tshwane yesterday dismissed a media report that R15m was spent on takeaways for municipal employees in a month. According to IOL, spokesman Selby Bokaba said in a statement, "The allegations are devoid of any truth, malicious and deliberately spread to discredit the management of the city and to mislead the public."

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