The ANC provincial leadership has been accused of using the Amathole District Municipality’s development agency, Aspire, as “a cash cow”.The explosive allegations come after authorities unveiled a new acting Aspire CEO again.
Senior ANC leaders in the Amathole district municipality are said to be unhappy after the ruling party’s provincial leadership issued a directive instructing the caucus to support the appointment of a new chief financial officer (CFO) even though he faces corruption charges.
Amathole District Municipality development agency Aspire’s former CEO Akhona Tinta has lost her urgent bid to have the East London high court reinstate her in her plum job.
Akhona Tinta, who was fired for the second time this week from her position as CEO of the Amathole District Municipality’s Aspire agency, has threatened to launch a delinquency application against the agency’s interim board of directors.
While suspended Buffalo City Metro Development Agency (BCMDA) CEO Bulumko Nelana thought he had received a reprieve this week, when on Tuesday the high court in Makhanda reversed his October suspension, his joy however was short-lived. The agency’s interim board went for the jugular and terminated his contract on Wednesday afternoon, his first day back in office since early October.