DA sets sights on dissolving MBDA board

Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Retief Odendaal has reiterated that the DA is on a mission to dissolve the

National Treas­ury deputy dir­ector-gen­eral Malijeng Ngqaleni wrote to CEO Anele Nqwazi on June 26 threat­en­ing to with­hold grant funds if the muni­cip­al­ity did not sus­pend Qaba’s appoint­ment until spe­cific inform­a­tion was sub­mit­ted.

But in a twist, almost R600m in equit­able share fund­ing due earlier this month had already been with­held.

Odendaal, in the notice, said the with­hold­ing of funds — even tem­por­ar­ily — would have a dis­astrous impact on ser­vice deliv­ery.

“There is no doubt that there is now an irre­triev­able break­down of trust between the metro and the MBDA board.

“One which, con­sid­er­ing the grav­itas of the ensu­ing con­sequences of the appoint­ment, can­not be restored,” he said.

Accord­ing to the motion, the DA is lob­by­ing coun­cil’s sup­port for dissolving the board.

Yes­ter­day, speaker Eugene John­son said she had not received the notice, but a screen­shot of Odendaal’s email shows it was sent at 9.45am.

A few minutes later, he sent the email to John­son’s per­sonal assist­ant.

John­son, however, did not respond when asked to check again if had she received the notice in the after­noon.

The MBDA board faced a back­lash for hir­ing Qaba on June 21, just three months after he had agreed to a golden hand­shake, to the tune of about R3m, to vacate his muni­cipal post.

Qaba was sus­pen­ded after he was accused of sign­ing a devi­ation that ulti­mately led to a com­pany being hand-picked as a middle­man between the muni­cip­al­ity and SMMEs.

He has always rub­bished the alleg­a­tions and the muni­cip­al­ity’s dis­cip­lin­ary board cleared him.

However, the board’s decision was later dis­puted by PwC, which car­ried out a forensic probe into the con­tract.

Source: https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2023-07-20-da-files-motion-to-try-to-dissolve-mbda-board/

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