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Bobani must give clarity on illegal Afrisec payments

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Dear MyPE

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s “reappointment” of Afrisec Strategic Solutions to do security upgrades to City Hall is unauthorised.

Furthermore, no court order stipulating that the Metro must award the company R5,7-million to complete this task exists.

These confirmations were given by the Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Xolile Nqatha, in response to questions that were submitted by DA Shadow MEC for CoGTA, Vicky Knoetze, MPL. (document attached)

This confirms that former acting city manager Noxolo Nqwazi was lying when she maintained that a court judgment on 23 January 2018 had ordered the municipality to allow Afrisec to finish the work.

On Wednesday, 7 August 2019 I laid criminal charges against Nqwazi regarding the illegal “reappointment” of Afrisec.

In an NMB Executive Management Committee meeting on or about 22 July 2019 Ms Nqwazi instructed the Acting Executive Director: Safety and Security, Mr Shane Brown, to compile a report regarding alleged outstanding work by Afrisec, and for such work to be completed so that payments can be made.

This instruction was given without a valid contractual agreement existing between NMB and Afrisec and is contravention of Supply Chain Management Regulations.

Any payments by the Metro to Afrisec will therefore amount to Irregular Expenditure in terms of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA).

According to the MEC no payments have been made, but Executive Mayor, Cllr Mongameli Bobani, and the Municipality must now come clean and prove that Afrisec has not received any money from the Metro.

The DA will also be submitting questions to the directorates of Safety and Security and Budget and Treasury to ascertain if any payments have been made to Afrisec.

Only a DA government can fight corruption, ensure good clean governance and speed up the delivery of basic services.

Regards

Gustav Rautenbach Cllr
DA NMB Spokesperson for Safety and Security

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