Suspended city boss Noxolo Nqwazi and her co-accused facing fraud charges amounting to more than R24m have still not had sight of the full police docket, the Gqeberha commercial crime court heard on Tuesday.
Under pressure from Bhisho to act, Nelson Mandela Bay council speaker Eugene Johnson has launched a probe into whether mayor Gary van Niekerk breached the code of conduct for councillors when he hired a law firm on behalf of the municipality, racking up a bill of half-a-million rand.
Nelson Mandela Bay city manager Noxolo Nqwazi was placed on precautionary suspension during an emergency council meeting on Friday, while the disciplinary process against her unfolds.
Former Thulamela municipality manager Hlengani Emmanuel Maluleke has been sentenced to five years in jail, suspended for the same period, for his role in the approval of an unlawful investment of municipal funds in VBS Mutual Bank.