Times Of Swaziland: MATSAPHA SAGA: 3 COULD FACE  CORRUPTION PROBE

MATSAPHA SAGA: 3 COULD FACE  CORRUPTION PROBE
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BY SIBUSISO ZWANE AND STANLEY KHUMALO on 05/04/2019 00:59:00


MANZINI – Despite facing the axe, some Matsapha Town Council members are set
to also ‘fry’.
This is because the Commission of Inquiry into the Affairs of Matsapha Town
Council has recommended that issues of alleged corrupt practices levelled
against three council members should be referred to relevant authorities for
investigations.
The three council members who are implicated in alleged corrupt practices are;
Councillor Bongani Mamba, Councillor Musa Ndzimandze (Finance Committee
Chairperson) and former Acting Corporate Services Manager (CSM) Muzi Mngomezulu.
Allegations
The commission pointed out that the allegations were made unilaterally by former
Chairperson Sandlane Zwane and not in any systematic manner. The recommendations
of the report are yet to be adopted. As such, its contents still remain
allegations.
In the case of Councillor Mamba, the commission said the allegation was that he
sought a bribe from a company that had been awarded a tracksuit tender. The
commission alleged that the former acting CSM was also implicated in the same
matter. The commission noted that when he appeared before it, Mamba denied the
allegations but cast aspersions on Councillor Zwane to the effect that he was
the man behind Swazi Secrets, an online WhatsApp group. However, it mentioned
that it was later reported in one of the newspapers circulating in Eswatini that
Councillor Mamba was the person behind Swazi Secrets.