Johannesburg - A Gauteng municipal manager suspended after allegedly incurring R1.5 billion in unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, was this week forced to hand over his electronic gadgets to the law firm appointed to investigate the matter.
According to the judgment, the return and handing over of the electronic devices are pending the finalisation of an investigation, and if necessary, pending the finalisation of Goba’s disciplinary hearing. Rand West City’s municipal public accounts committee conducted its oversight role regarding the unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure and recommended that Goba be suspended from his duties as a precautionary measure for the entire period of investigations to avoid interference.
The probe also recommended that disciplinary proceedings should be instituted against Goba for gross misconduct and directed Rand West City to fully implement all the recommendations expeditiously and to provide Maile with an action plan indicating how the report will be implemented.
The municipal manager is decolonising the municipality