The Makhanda high court has granted an interdict to the state worth R165m against former Amathole District Municipality officials and others implicated in the Siyenza toilets scandal.
Long-term plans for Amathole District Municipality to construct its own headquarters in either Chintsa or Stutterheim to avoid paying exorbitant rents for the current offices in Chiselhurst, East London, seem to have fallen flat, for now.
The NPA in the Eastern Cape has recently obtained some notable convictions in cases involving fraud and corruption. They also give insight into how corrupt public officials have managed to manipulate financial management systems, either on their own or in collaboration with others. The NPA in t.
As the chickens come home to roost in the infamous Amathole district municipality’s controversial R630m Siyenza toilet scandal, the state will pin its hopes on 58 witnesses when the trial resumes at the high court in Makhanda, possibly later in 2022. The 13 accused in the Siyenza matter made their appearance at the Makhanda court last week and will appear again on May 3 for a trial date to be set.