On the first of 1 May 2024, the DA-Led Fezile Dabi intensified its anti-corruption mandate in a secondment agreement with the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) which is scheduled to conclude on the 30th October 2024.
The investigation commenced after a decision taken by the council and an agreement with SIU to facilitate a probe into past allegations of corruption and unaccounted for expenditure by previous Fezile Dabi district municipal administration in the past years.
SIU will hand in hand with DA gather evidence and information for the municipality and facilitate arrest of individuals responsible should the findings prove financial mismanagement. SIU will in the process help in aiding implementation of consequence management within the administration and serious criminal offences to be lodged with the South African Police Services SAPS.
A highly controversial appointment of service provider for installation and configuration of a video conferencing thermal and UVC light solution which costed more than 7 million which included maintenance and support was the key fact in the anti-corruption efforts by DA because it did not adhere to MFMA guideline’s which further compelled a thorough investigation.
The Special Investigative Unit will upon completion of the investigation should there not be an extension for further probing initiate a civil recovery procedures to reclaim the misappropriated funds when if the outcomes proves otherwise according to the statement issued on the 15th May 2024 by DA-Led Fezile Dabi District Municipal.
