Niehaus was caught out - Gauteng govt
JOHANNESBURG - The Gauteng government independently discovered that ANC spokesman Carl Niehaus had forged a letter to secure a loan, it said on Friday denying that he first brought the matter to its attention by confessing.
"The government would like to state the following that: the alleged incident was detected by the [Gauteng Economic Development Agency] itself, the then chairperson of the board, Mr Keith Khoza, investigated and confronted Mr Niehaus about the allegations, Mr Niehaus resigned from GEDA as soon as the allegations surfaced," it said.
The Gauteng government did not suffer any losses and "no action could be taken after he resigned", it said in a statement.
Spokesman Simon Zwane told Sapa the government believed that the matter had been handled in a way where no money had been lost and so there would be no point in taking it further.
"What would the organisation benefit?" he asked. "The situation had been handled and no loss incurred."
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