SANDILE MOTHA
DESPITE 62 councillors in eThekwini municipality fingered in the corruption frenzy relating to a multimillion-rand Durban Solid Waste tender, they have not faced any internal disciplinary processes for their actions and remain on the metro’s payroll.
The implicated public representatives include ward and proportional representation councillors.
They are alleged to have received bribes from contractors doing business with the city.
The controversial waste management tender costing over R 300 million dates back to 2016 and is currently the subject of court.
It was apparently awarded to hand-picked politically linked contractors who most of them had no experience in waste management, staff or vehicles to successfully execute the work.
The Hawks Clean Audit Task Team with the aid of whistleblowers brought the end to the corruption frenzy leading to the arrest of senior politicians and staff in the metro.
The suspects include disgraced former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede, city
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