An attempt to remove Noxolo Nqwazi as acting city manager on Thursday was not even debated at the council meeting after speaker Gary van Niekerk adjourned the sitting.
While Nelson Mandela Bay’s disciplinary board has recommended that action be taken against the municipality’s suspended housing boss for his involvement in the R24m tender for toilets, Mvuleni Mapu has hit back claiming he is being used as a scapegoat.
After years of probing Nelson Mandela Bay housing boss Mvuleni Mapu on fraud and corruption charges, the trial got off to a bumpy start on Monday when the state’s first witness denied having authored a key statement in the matter.
Mapu corruption case postponed to October PREMIUM By Devon Koen - 05 May 2021
Former Nelson Mandela Bay acting municipal manager Mvuleni Mapu will have to wait until October to find out if the state will be ready to proceed with corruption charges against him.
While Mapu wants the matter finalised as quickly as possible, state advocate Wilhelm de Villiers said the prosecution needed more time to decide if further charges would be added, or if more people would be charged in the matter.
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