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High Court ruling on NMB Toilet Tender Scandal Welcomed

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Dear Editor

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has been vindicated after the High Court rejected an application by the Nelson Mandela Bay council to set aside the SIU Report into an R24 Million toilet tender scandal.

Former provincial leader, Nqaba Bhanga MPL, originally laid charges in this case, and the DA has consistently maintained that those implicated in the SIU report must be held accountable.

Several people have already been arrested on charges of fraud, money laundering and contravention of the Municipal Finance Management Act, including the current acting city manager, Noxolo Nqwazi, ANC regional secretary, Luyolo Nqakula, as well as Nelson Mandela Bay housing official, Norman Mapu, and businesspeople Xolani and Nwabisa Masela.

Arrests also included that of former DA councillors, Neville Higgins, Trevor Louw, and Victor Manyathi, which vindicated the DA’s decision to terminate the membership of these individuals in 2018, following their role in collapsing the DA-led coalition in Nelson Mandela Bay.

At the time of their arrests, it was revealed that R400 000 of the funds had allegedly been channelled from the tender to Nqakula, who in turn paid R100 000 over to each of the three former councillors.

The DA has been steadfast in its position since the onset, which is that those implicated in wrongdoing and have a case to answer for, should answer to the allegations in a court of law.

The DA stands for good governance and has a zero-tolerance policy for corruption and will be monitoring this case closely. The law must take its course.

Regards

Andrew Whitfield MP
DA EC Provincial Leader

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