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The auditor-general has found that an Eastern Cape government contract to manage the reputation of the office of the premier (OTP) during former premier Phumulo Masualle’s tenure was irregularly awarded. This has resulted in disciplinary hearings being conducted against former and current senior managers in the office, who were recently hauled in to answer about their involvement.
The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality has taken Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane and two MECs to the East London High Court seeking an interim interdict to restrain them from unlawfully interfering with the municipality's constitutional mandate and duties.
An Eastern Cape social development department official was bust dumping garden refuse with a government vehicle on Friday and gave a false residential address after being fined R1,000 by the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality.
Eastern Cape municipal workers have weighed in on the political drama at the troubled OR Tambo district council and have called on the provincial government to take control of the municipality. Samwu in the Eastern Cape is so fed up with political and administration shenanigans in the district that it wants the province to place OR Tambo under administration.
Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane’s office spent more than R7m on new laptops and cellphone contracts for staff in the 2020/21 financial year.