Siphelele Nketo
INVESTIGATIONS against a Ward 6 councillor in the Greater Kokstad Municipality have proven fruitless. Nothing has been discovered against the councillor since no one wanted to come forward with evidence. This was despite social media claims alleging that the councillor was involved in selling work opportunities in the municipality.
According to municipal speaker Bheki Nozaza, a committee that was launched to probe the claims discovered nothing because no one came forward with evidence.
“The committee was given seven days to probe the allegations,” said Nozaza. Following a virtual council meeting on Wednesday, October 30, Nozaza said the committee was dismissed.
“The committee reported to the council that the alleged councillor denied the claims. The committee further reported that no whistleblowers wanted to give evidence,” Nozaza said, adding that the work of the committee was made difficult because not enough whistleblowers were coming forward with evidence.
“One of the whistleblowers said he would give evidence after elections,” he said. Meanwhile, the DA in Kokstad has opened a case against the alleged councillor.
“By laying a formal complaint with SAPS, we have taken steps to ensure that these allegations are referred for an independent criminal investigation rather than relying solely on the municipality to investigate itself,” DA councillor Bradwyn Marnce said.
