Johannesburg - The Auditor General should investigate the City of Tshwane's spending of R65m on a now-cancelled music festival, the DA said on Sunday.
"This is a gross mismanagement of public funds as it is reported that some of the funds are non-refundable," said Democratic Alliance MP Kevin Mileham in a statement.
"R25m alone was spent on paying performing artists, yet some have not yet received any money."
The City Press reported that the City of Tshwane had run up a R65m bill for the TribeOne music festival which was cancelled on Thursday.
The amount spent included a non-refundable appearance fee of R10m for US singer Nicki Minaj; as well as R40m on infrastructure upgrades at the venue - an empty plot - in Cullinan.
A battle between the festival organisers and the city is now set to take place in the high court in Pretoria on Monday.
The city wants to force the organisers to go ahead with the festival insisting it met all obligations.
However, the organisers have suggested the city did not comply with its requirements for infrastructure upgrades.
The three-day festival was to take place next weekend.
On Sunday, Mileham said that Auditor General Kimi Makwethu would be approached to investigate the matter.
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