Mystery around Mmusi Maimane and 'his' R3.85m Claremont house

[lumeer]

Rent will NOT be market related. Why else would he even mention it? The guilty always make a point about the thing they are trying to hide when not asked.

Because, were he to admit to paying say R 25 K rent per month for his second house, his political adversaries will use this against him.

 

[koeks525]

ANC, DA, EFF... same WhatsApp group.

 

[lumeer]

Because he wasn't asked about the rent. He was asked about whether or not he owned the house. So he replies with an extraneous 'fact' no-one asked him about.

Do you own the house?

No, I'm renting it. But the rent is market related!

Dude no-one asked, so why mention it? The fact that it was thrown out there makes it questionable. Either it is not market related or it is market related and he threw the fact in to hide something else. Either way, it's a red flag.

Nowhere in the article is what you wrote, written.

 

[surface]

What is the fuss? It seems he over-declared the property by listing rented property as well? I am just surprised that he declared a rented property as one of his assets - quite a naive thing to do considering his position.

 

[deweyzeph]

I don't get what the problem is. Surely it would have been worse to not declare a house that he owned. In this case he's declared something that he doesn't own which for the purposes of the parliamentary registry is neither here nor there. The whole point of the parliamentary registry is catch out politicians lying about assets that they DO have, not assets that they don't have.

 

[Mila]

Now they opened a can of worms for the ANC.
Do you guys know how many of these politicians rent in mooikloof pretoria

Houses to Rent in Mooikloof Equestrian Estate

property.mg.co.za

 

[TheChamp]

What is the fuss? It seems he over-declared the property by listing rented property as well? I am just surprised that he declared a rented property as one of his assets - quite a naive thing to do considering his position.

Maybe he felt inadequate amongst the ANC cadres declaring multiple properties.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Rent will NOT be market related. Why else would he even mention it? The guilty always make a point about the thing they are trying to hide when not asked.

I’m sure it will be much cheaper, otherwise what’s the benefit to him.

Still it sure what there is to be guilty about. This is a non-story if I’ve ever seen one.

 

[RyanPCMR]

Wow! What is wrong with these politicians and lying? WTF did he think no one would notice? They should all have Pinocchio noses installed!

 

[Zoomzoom]

I’m sure it will be much cheaper, otherwise what’s the benefit to him.

Still it sure what there is to be guilty about. This is a non-story if I’ve ever seen one.

because lying is bad? even if it is what politicians do like other people breath air.

 

[SauRoNZA]

because lying is bad? even if it is what politicians do like other people breath air.

And how do we know it was lying?

More than likely it’s an administrative failure he wasn’t even aware of and one of his assistants cocked it.

 

[ponder]

because lying is bad? even if it is what politicians do like other people breath air.

Ok I don't like him fsckall and if he gets booted I would be happy so let's play devils advocate here. Let's assume for a second it was not some mistake by him or whoever compiled his list of assets/benefits/income etc, let's assume he knowingly and willingly declared a rental property as his own. What possible benefits could be derived from that? Think about it for a second, hell take a day or two if you must, the answer will be interesting, I can fully understand not declaring or under-declaring but over declaring?

 

[Splinter]

An object lesson in how to destroy a once vibrant and hopeful political party
Look no further than Mdme ZILLE -- who has now deserted the sinking ship -- AFTER -- scuttling it !

Nonsense. Her leaving the party was the start of the sinking ship.

 

[Splinter]

my property is worth 1.8m and I charge 15k rental

I very much doubt it.

 

[pinball wizard]

Anything DA related and Zoomzoom is like a fly to sh*t.

It is rather tiresome.

I mean more tiresome than zoomzoom's usual tiring drivel.

 

[Splinter]

thats market related...

I suppose it may depend on area. But my R1,1ml flat was just rented for R8200.

Another family members property of R1.2m was just rented for R8750

You must be lucky.

 

[rietrot]

I understand being skelm and under reporting,(hiding assets), but what is the benefit of over reporting?

 

[ponder]

I understand being skelm and under reporting,(hiding assets), but what is the benefit of over reporting?

I'm hoping zoomzoom can elaborate on that as i sure as hell also want to know.

 

[PsyWulf]

I understand being skelm and under reporting,(hiding assets), but what is the benefit of over reporting?

Best guess,to fit in with all the other kids in the playground

 

[rietrot]

Best guess,to fit in with all the other kids in the playground

As long as he doesn't use my tax money to pay for it he can pretend to own Nkandla for all I care.