Bay CFO summoned to meeting with Hawks, committee hears PREMIUM By Nomazima Nkosi - 12 March 2021
Nelson Mandela Bay municipality chief financial officer Selwyn Thys was summoned to a meeting with the Hawks on Thursday.
While city bosses and the Hawks refused to say what the meeting was about, The Herald understands it was in relation to the R24m toilet tender.
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Speedsters’ paradise Bay’s traffic cameras out of action for year By Nomazima Nkosi - 06 March 2021
A year on and after missing millions in potential revenue, Nelson Mandela Bay still does not have a contract in place to manage traffic cameras in the city.
The contract expired in March 2020.
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Acting municipal manager George still in hot seat despite fierce debate PREMIUM By Nomazima Nkosi - 27 February 2021
After four hours of debating the legality of Nelson Mandela Bay acting city manager Mandla George’s tenure, councillors finally passed a R13.4bn consolidated adjustment budget on Friday.
The budget was given the thumbs-up by the majority of councillors, with opposition parties saying they were unhappy with it as it did not address challenges faced by ward councillors.
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Nelson Mandela Bay acting city manager Mandla George has launched an investigation into how the motion of no confidence in mayor Nqaba Bhanga landed in his agenda without his knowledge.
NMBay council to debate Walter Shaidi’s job status Separation agreement for corruption-accused infrastructure boss up for consideration PREMIUM By Nomazima Nkosi - 26 February 2021
The Nelson Mandela Bay council will consider a separation agreement between the city and corruption-accused infrastructure boss Walter Shaidi on Friday.
Shaidi was one of nine people who allegedly colluded in Integrated Public Transport System tender corruption totalling about R75m in the Bay.
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