The Makhanda high court has granted an interdict to the state worth R165m against former Amathole District Municipality officials and others implicated in the Siyenza toilets scandal.
Amathole district municipality’s new mayor, Anele Ntsangani, says he was pressured to sign off on a R19m payment to a company linked to the controversial Siyenza toilets tender.
As we bring our actual 150th birthday celebrations to a close, it seems an opportune time to reflect on the mandate on which Dispatch was formed and the one that drives us still.
A judge has overturned a finding by the public protector ordering the Amathole district municipality (ADM) to pay more than R110m to subcontractors left high and dry by the cancellation of a R631m tender awarded to the controversial Siyenza Group in 2015.