ActionSA has written to Western Cape MEC for Local Government, Anton Bredell, requesting a Section 106 investigation into suspected maladministration taking place in Knysna Municipality. Section 106 of the Municipal Systems Act requires an MEC to investigate if the MEC has reason to believe that maladministration, fraud, corruption or any other serious malpractice has occurred or is occurring in a municipality in that Province.
On 31 August 2022 a coalition of the ANC, EFF, PA and PBI took over the Knysna Municipal Council through motions of no confidence which removed the previous DA/KIM leadership. It took the new ANC led government no time at all to implement their cadre deployment plans in Knysna, and on 16 September 2022 they unlawfully created 6 new positions in an “Office of the Political Office Bearers”. These positions will together cost the Knysna ratepayers between R2,408,784 and R3,126,336 per year.
Following a public outcry over these clearly politically motivated new positions, ANC Executive Mayor, Cllr Aubrey Tsengwa, gave a public undertaking that the necessary recruitment and selection processes would be followed to fill the posts. Not surprisingly, however, no recruitment and selection processes were followed and the new appointees arrived for work on 3 October 2022.
The appointees include Michele Botha who was the Mayoral candidate for the PA in Bitou; Elrick van Aswegen, the former COPE Executive Mayor and second on the ANC’s PR list for the 2021 election; Morton Gericke who is the brother of PBI leader Virgil Gericke; and ANC subregional secretary Moyisi Magalela.
ActionSA has written to MEC Bredell requesting an urgent investigation into these appointments, as well as three other instances of irregular appointments and payments, including a R90,000.00 payment for accommodation for an Acting CFO who will only be with the municipality for a three-month period. South Africa is being held back by this kind of unethical leadership which employs unqualified public servants in “jobs for pals” schemes.
This brazen cadre deployment in South African government is one of the greatest obstacles to overcoming the legacy of our past. ActionSA has declared corruption in the state as Public Enemy Number 1 and will act as one to root it out.
ActionSA Writes to MEC Anton Bredell Requesting a Section 106 investigation in Knysna
ActionSA has written to Western Cape MEC for Local Government, Anton Bredell, requesting a Section 106 investigation into suspected maladministration taking place in Knysna Municipality. Section 106 of the Municipal Systems Act requires an MEC to investigate if the MEC has reason to believe that maladministration, fraud, corruption or any other serious malpractice has occurred or is occurring in a municipality in that Province.
On 31 August 2022 a coalition of the ANC, EFF, PA and PBI took over the Knysna Municipal Council through motions of no confidence which removed the previous DA/KIM leadership. It took the new ANC led government no time at all to implement their cadre deployment plans in Knysna, and on 16 September 2022 they unlawfully created 6 new positions in an “Office of the Political Office Bearers”. These positions will together cost the Knysna ratepayers between R2,408,784 and R3,126,336 per year.
Following a public outcry over these clearly politically motivated new positions, ANC Executive Mayor, Cllr Aubrey Tsengwa, gave a public undertaking that the necessary recruitment and selection processes would be followed to fill the posts. Not surprisingly, however, no recruitment and selection processes were followed and the new appointees arrived for work on 3 October 2022.
The appointees include Michele Botha who was the Mayoral candidate for the PA in Bitou; Elrick van Aswegen, the former COPE Executive Mayor and second on the ANC’s PR list for the 2021 election; Morton Gericke who is the brother of PBI leader Virgil Gericke; and ANC subregional secretary Moyisi Magalela.
ActionSA has written to MEC Bredell requesting an urgent investigation into these appointments, as well as three other instances of irregular appointments and payments, including a R90,000.00 payment for accommodation for an Acting CFO who will only be with the municipality for a three-month period. South Africa is being held back by this kind of unethical leadership which employs unqualified public servants in “jobs for pals” schemes.
This brazen cadre deployment in South African government is one of the greatest obstacles to overcoming the legacy of our past. ActionSA has declared corruption in the state as Public Enemy Number 1 and will act as one to root it out.