A Limpopo municipality not only lost about R4.8 million for wrongfully firing an official because of the findings of a doctored audit report, but was overcharged by R2.2 million for the investigation when the official was subjected to a disciplinary hearing.
The final report from the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) into the Tubatse Local Municipality (now Fetakgomo Tubatse), which City Press has seen, also found that the disciplinary committee chairperson and a language facilitator charged the municipality for days when the hearing against supply chain manager, Osilias Mosoma, did not sit.
In addition, it claimed reimbursement for hotel accommodation, even though the municipality paid the hotel bill directly.