Acting City Manager For NMB Granted Bail And Placed Under 24-hour House Arrest

THE acting Nelson Mandela Bay Municipal Manager Mvuleni Mapu has been accused of defrauding the Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements out of close on R13 million.

Mapu together with Bulelwa Ntanga, the director of construction company Jeke and Qadi Trading CC, was arrested in the early hours of Friday morning.

According to the Hawks, the two allegedly colluded and tricked the Department into funding several RDP housing projects around Port Elizabeth to the value of nearly R13 million.

Captain Lloyd Ramovha of the Hawks says the Municipality acted as the developer of these projects and appointed contractors from its supplier database to do the work.

Ramovha says it is alleged that in 2014, Mapu interfered with the bid committee’s process and ensured that the tender was awarded to Jeke and Qadi Trading CC construction company.

He said that Mapu in return allegedly received R900 000 from Ntanga for using his position of authority to influence the decision by the Bid Allocations Committee.