Staff Reporter
The Democratic Alliance in eThekwini said on Tuesday it welcomed the Standing Committee on Public Accounts’ (Scopa) decision to press the municipality for answers on allegations of corruption, maladministration, delayed projects and poor consequence management.
The DA said Scopa’s intervention followed “ongoing calls by the DA for accountability” on issues including the Inanda Namibia Stop 8 housing project, where it said more than R140 million had been spent despite the project remaining incomplete nearly a decade later.
Scopa met eThekwini last week as part of hearings into the latest Auditor-General findings and Special Investigating Unit probes.
The Auditor-General identified major procurement irregularities in eThekwini, including R1.54 billion in uncompetitive and unfair procurement deviations.
The AG also found R311.76 million in irregular expenditure linked to supply-chain failures, contracts worth R6.16 million awarded to employees’ spouses or business partners, and contracts worth R3.63 million awarded to other state officials.
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