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Arrest of NMB Acting City Manager Mapu on corruption charges welcomed

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Dear MyPE

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Eastern Cape welcomes the arrest of the Acting City Manager of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Mvuleni Mapu, on charges of fraud and corruption in the early morning hours of today.

According to the Hawks the charges against Mapu are based on actions within the Municipality’s department of human settlements, where he previously worked as the housing delivery director.

The Hawks have further stated that Mapu allegedly received a bribe of R900 000 to award a housing tender.

Mapu’s arrest by the Hawks supports the DA’s stance that he is a deeply compromised and corrupt individual. The DA maintains that our sustained pressure over many years has proven to be a contributing factor to his downfall and we believe that this is just the beginning of his troubles.

Under the DA-led government numerous allegations of corruption led to Mapu’s suspension as director of housing delivery.

In May 2019, the ANC led coalition of corruption reinstated Mapu and nine other suspended officials after pushing through a council decision to bring back controversial suspended officials. Mapu was subsequently appointed as the acting City Manager in spite of disciplinary charges against him and a dark cloud of controversy which has hung over him for years.

It is clear that the deeply compromised Mapu was reinstated by the ANC-led coalition of corruption to further facilitate the ongoing looting of the City’s coffers.

The DA strongly opposed his recent appointment as Acting Manager and have raised our concerns with regards to this to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Eastern Cape MEC for CoGTA, Xolile Nqatha, and National Treasury.

The DA has been vindicated in its fight to bring Mapu to justice and we will not stop until all corrupt cadres are removed from the Municipality’s administration and face the full might of the law.

This is just another clear example of how the ANC-led coalition of corruption has been appointing unscrupulous individuals into key positions to further enable them to steal the City.

Two other NMB municipal officials were apparently also arrested by the Hawks today, although the charges relating to their arrest are unclear.

The DA remains determined to dismantle the coalition of corruption in Nelson Mandela Bay and look forward to further arrests in this regard.

Only the DA can fix this mess – we have done it before and we can do it again.

Regards

Cllr Nqaba Bhanga
DA EC Provincial Leader and NMB Mayoral Candidate

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