Tenders continued to be awarded despite the municipal manager’s disapproval and the bid committee not being in agreement with the appointment of some service providers during the pilot phase of Nelson Mandela Bay’s beleaguered Integrated Public Transport System (IPTS).
A businessman and six former municipal bosses have been ordered to pay back the R7.6m they allegedly siphoned from the coffers of Nelson Mandela Bay’s beleaguered Integrated Public Transport System (IPTS).
Too broke to pay back the money Court orders former Bay housing boss to fork out R12m PREMIUM By Mkhululi Ndamase - 15 April 2021
Too broke to afford even a lawyer, former Nelson Mandela Bay municipality human settlements boss Lindile Petuna has no idea where he will get the almost R12m the high court in Gqeberha has ordered him to fork out for misleading the council twice.
In fact, he has resigned himself to the possibility that his assets might be attached, even though he maintains he did nothing wrong.
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