The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality’s disciplinary board has cleared suspended economic development executive director Anele Qaba of financial misconduct in relation to a controversial multimillion-rand contract.
The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality’s disciplinary board has raised a red flag on how a contract for a company to act as a middleman between SMMEs and the metro went up from R17m to R51m calling for the tender to be probed further.
A vote by the ANC and DA at a late-night council meeting on Tuesday saw economic development boss Anele Qaba suspended for alleged gross financial misconduct.
Nelson Mandela Bay economic development boss Anele Qaba has challenged the basis of the council’s intention to suspend him, saying auditing firm PwC, which investigated him, had been handpicked.
Nelson Mandela Bay’s economic development boss, Anele Qaba, will be asked to provide reasons he should not be suspended for his role in hiring a company that acted as a middleman between the municipality and SMMEs.