The suspension of Buffalo City Metro Development Agency (BCMDA) CEO Bulumko Nelana was on Tuesday declared unlawful, null and void, and set aside by the high court in Makhanda, with Nelana’s legal team promising he would be back in his office on Wednesday morning. Nelana was placed on precautionary suspension, with full pay, in late October by the agency’s new interim board pending a probe into circumstances surrounding his contract extension.
The Amathole District Municipality is pleading poverty again and looking at ways to solve the debacle over its development agency Aspire’s CEO, Akhona Tinta, after it emerged the municipality would have to keep paying her until April at least. Now both mayor Anele Ntsangani and Aspire board chair Sindile Toni have confirmed they might find other ways to resolve the issue while the court case continues.
Cash-strapped Amathole district municipality’s development agency, Aspire, now has two CEOs, who simultaneously assumed duties on Tuesday. Akhona Tinta, who has been acting in the position, was permanently employed by the now dissolved Aspire board in September. Tinta confirmed that she had reported for duty as the CEO on Tuesday, but would not comment further.
Buffalo City Metro Development Agency CEO Bulumko Nelana has been suspended by the agency's new interim board just a month after his five-year contract was extended for a second term.
Chwayita Stofile, a close ally of Amathole district municipality chief whip Nanziwe Rulashe, has been included in the interim board of the municipality’s development agency, Aspire. A report, to be tabled in a special council meeting on Tuesday, containing the names of the interim board members has been leaked to DispatchLIVE.