THE South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in the Free State has welcomed the arrest of the Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality’s Municipal Manager, Futhuli Mothamaha, who was arrested last week by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation for corruption.
Mothamaha was arrested on Tuesday last week on charges of fraud and corruption.
He is out on bail of R500 000.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says that Mothamaha awarded a contract of R58 million to Kill Crime Security Company in 2020 without following proper procurement processes.
SAMWU said the fact that Mothamaha was able to quickly put up R500 000 to post bail suggests that he has indeed benefited from the ‘looting’ of municipal finances.
“As SAMWU, we are convinced that this is but one of the many failures by MAP’s political elite who have turned the municipality into their cash-cow, while in the process compromising the much-needed service delivery for
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