Eight employees implicated in the corruption and maladministration at the embattled Mogalakwena Local Municipality in Limpopo have been served with notices of intention to suspend them.
The Special Investigating Unit’s report has recommended that employees implicated in corruption be suspended and some cases be referred for prosecution.
Spokesperson for Mogalakwena municipality, Malesela Selokela says the eight employees were served with notices of intention to suspend them last week.
He says they have been given seven working days to respond.
“Eight Mogalakwena Local Municipality officials have been served with notices or letters of intention for suspension which they should respond to in seven working days, but in the meantime after they have responded we will wait for the advice from legal services on what measures or steps should be taken once they have responded.”
Meanwhile, community structures, including the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) and Mogalakwena Concerned and Affected Communities embarked on a series of protests against corruption and financial mismanagement at the municipality two years ago.
“We are saying that would be a good job if whatever they are suspended for is found to be correct. We have been saying for a long time, we applaud whoever is doing the investigation and found that we were correct. We let the law takes its course,” says Mogalakwena Concerned and Affected Communities’ spokesperson, Motlatso Selomo.
