Heads must roll over Dircoâs R118m payment for non-existent New York land - DA By Baldwin Ndaba Share Johannesburg - The Democratic Alliance wants more officials of the Department of International Relations and Cooperationâs (Dirco) to face the music over the controversial R118 million New York Pilot Project. The call came after Minister Naledi Pandor confirmed on Sunday that Dircoâs director-general (DG) Kgabo Mahoai was placed on precautionary suspension following the alleged purchase of non-existent land worth R118 million rand in the US. In 2019, Parliament's international relations and co-operation portfolio committee discovered that taxpayersâ money was spent on the piece of land in New York. The committee went to New York to inspect the land only to find an old, dilapidated building.