The Ndlambe Municipality has almost tripled its budget from last year to pay a Makhanda businessman R700,000 to host a music event in the seaside town.
A senior official in the Eastern Cape transport department has been transferred to a different unit after allegedly sitting on an investigative report into a syndicate that fraudulently gained access to government's national driving licence issuing system.
A payment dispute between Quality Filtration Systems and Ndlambe Municipality has led to the closure of a desalination plant in Port Alfred, and the town’s residents are bearing the brunt of it.
The Hawks have seized procurement documents from the Ndlambe municipality in connection with a desalination project and suspected corrupt tenders worth R20m.
Port Alfred resident Mike Verela says he was left fuming by the September 18 celebration, hosted by Ndlambe municipality and Quality Filtration Systems (QFS), to flag the first 100-million litres of fresh water produced by the town’s new salt water reverse osmosis plant.