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DA bid to remove MPAC chair from post

The official opposition in the Buffalo City Metro council wants its municipal public accounts committee boss sacked. DA chief whip Anathi Majeke last week filed a motion of no confidence against MPAC chair Sakhumzi Caga. The party wants Caga removed from his post over management of the affairs of the committee.

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Upgraded Kiwane resort fails to live up to promise

Buffalo City Metro’s Kiwane Beach Resort, which cost taxpayers more than R25m in upgrades, is operating at a loss and has failed to bring much-needed revenue for the city. The resort, which BCM said offered world-class accommodation, was officially launched in September 2019 by former mayor Xola Pakati.

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BCM ward projects stall after funds frozen

Buffalo City Metro communities are beginning to feel the pain of the city’s spending cuts after it pulled the plug on its multimillion-rand ward-based projects. According to the ward allocation programmes report, seen by the Dispatch, 14 wards had not touched their millions by the time the freeze was implemented towards the end of 2023, while others managed to spend between R6,000 and R900,000 per ward.

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Questions over hotel booking for metro finance watchdog members

Buffalo City Metro’s municipal public accounts committee — a watchdog over the city’s finances — has been questioned after it booked accommodation for councillors attending a meeting held at the East London ICC.At the heart of the queries was why councillors should be booked into a hotel to attend the three-day meeting when it was held in their hometown.

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Sacked former BCM CFO Pillay gets new top job with city

Buffalo City Metro has appointed its former CFO, Vincent Pillay, to a new top job just four years after it sacked him for his involvement in the Nelson Mandela funeral funds scandal.Pillay was suspended by the city in 2018 and fired in early 2019 after a municipal disciplinary hearing.

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Veil of secrecy over BCM councillors and staff owing millions

The city is demanding the payment of outstanding rates and services bills, but has no intention of telling ratepayers which councillors and staff members owe it money.Last week, the Daily Dispatch reported that BCM employees and councillors owe the city R12.8m.

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BCM ratchets up security as threats to personnel grow

Security for councillors and senior officials in Buffalo City Metro is again in the spotlight after the council, in a closed meeting on Friday, approved a security detail for key officials.This comes just weeks after infrastructure director Nceba Ncunyana, who had previously acted as municipal manager, was shot dead on the N2 near Ntabozuko (formerly Berlin) on his way to a meeting. Ncunyana had been granted a protection detail by the city after he survived a second attempt on his life in 2022.

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Call for BCM councillors, senior managers to verify qualifications

Opposition parties in the Buffalo City Metro council want councillors and senior managers in the city to submit their qualifications for scrutiny following mayor Princess Faku’s battle with the University of Fort Hare over her law degree.This comes after the official opposition DA filed a motion to be discussed at Friday’s council meeting calling for the qualifications to be verified.

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BCM urged to ramp up maintenance of electrical infrastructure

The DA in the Buffalo City Metro has urged the city to embark on an audit of all its electrical infrastructure and carry out regular maintenance to avert further protracted outages.

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BCM secretly buys executive 'blue light' vehicle for chief whip

Buffalo City Metro opposition councillors are unhappy about a “top secret” move by the city to buy an executive “blue light” vehicle for council chief whip Sixolisiwe Ntsasela — against the advice of its own legal unit. It is understood that Ntsasela was granted the executive vehicle and provided with security in 2022 after her security was allegedly threatened.

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