The ANC in the Eastern Cape is gunning for the head of the Amathole district municipality’s CFO Lucky Mosala, who is acting as the council’s new municipal manager in the absence of Thandekile Mnyimba, whose recent reappointment was declared illegal and set aside by a court. ANC provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi this week said the party wanted ADM council’s decision to appoint Mosala as acting MM reversed, “and a competent person be seconded by Cogta to act in that crucial position”.
In less than 48 hours after the high court in East London declared Amathole district municipal manager Thandekile Mnyimba’s five-year employment contract as invalid, the municipality was quick to replace their under-fire administration boss. On Thursday, municipal spokesperson Nonceba Madikizela-Vuso confirmed that, in the wake of the court order, Mnyimba had vacated his office, at least until his legal woes had been discussed by council.
Almost R1m has been paid by struggling Amathole district municipality ratepayers to provide security to a senior councillor, with that figure expected to hit R2m by end of July.
A group of more than 130 Amathole district municipality employees have won the first round in their bid to have their municipal manager Thandekile Mnyimba kicked out of his office. This as the high court sitting in East London on Tuesday declared his five-year employment contract invalid. The controversial council decision to hire him last month was declared invalid and set aside.
While ADM mayor Nceba Ndikinda this week came to the defence of under-siege municipal manager Thandekile Mnyimba, rubbishing claims by Cogta MEC Xolile Nqatha that his academic qualifications were not up to scratch, the DA on Thursday opened a criminal case against Mnyimba. The party has accused Mnyimba of “making fraudulent representations regarding his senior qualifications”.