Uthukela District Municipality
Uthukela District Municipality Wins Back Bank Account Attached by Service Provider Over Debt
The Uthukela District Municipality has scored a legal victory against RASP Consultants after the Pietermaritzburg…
CoGTA Steps In to Save Troubled KwaZulu-Natal District Municipality From Total Collapse
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) has signalled its intention to step…
KZN District Municipality’s Bank Account Attached Over Unpaid Debt to Service Provider
The bank account of the IFP-led Uthukela District Municipality in Ladysmith, northern KwaZulu-Natal, has been…
DA Finally Succeeds as Criminal Cases are Lodged over uThukela Water Infrastructure Theft
The Uthukela District Municipality has finally opened theft cases with the police after critical water…
Cash-strapped Municipality Paid R11 Million To Repair Unbroken Water Pumps
A forensic investigation by Blitz Forensics has revealed that the cash-strapped Uthukela District Municipality, which is under administration, was forced to pay R11 million to repair water pumps that were never broken in the first place. This is contained in a report that was tabled behind closed during a council sitting last week. African Times was eventually able to obtain a copy of the 40-page report which lays bare how two officials flouted all municipal procurement rules to award the…
UThukela District Municipality to Table Report on R49 Million Zakheni Water Pumps ‘Corruption’
The findings of the forensic investigation into allegations of corruption in the procurement of the Zakheni Water Station pumps in July 2023 will be tabled by the UThukela District Municipality on Thursday. The pipes were removed and replaced even though they were not damaged, sparking allegations of corruption and self enrichment against some officials. Officials from the municipality claimed that the pumps were damaged during the April 2022 floods and had to be replaced at a huge cost to the…
Forensic Investigation into Zakheni Water Pumps Procurement Process Concluded, KZN CoGTA Wants Uthukela District Municipality to Act
The forensic investigation commissioned by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) into allegations of brazen looting and corruption during the replacement of water pumps at Zakheni water station in Ladysmith has been concluded. As a result, CoGTA MEC, Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi has instructed the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) led Uthukela District Municipality to take “corrective” measures as outlined in the report into the 2023 procurement process. The investigation was initiated after the DA, a coalition partner…
KwaZulu-Natal Municipalities Owe Umngeni-Uthukela Water R2.4 Billion
The Umngeni-Uthukela water board, the bulk water supplier in KwaZulu-Natal, has revealed that municipalities in the province owe it R2.4 billion in unpaid invoices. Topping the list of bad payers are King Cetshwayo District Municipality (IFP run) UThukela District Municipality (IFP run), Ugu District Municipality (ANC-run) and the Msunduzi Local Municipality (ANC run). The information was disclosed by Thami Mkhwanazi, the chief financial officer (CFO) of the water board during the tabling of the 2023-2024 financial results in Durban earlier…