{"id":162935,"date":"2020-07-01T08:32:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T06:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/emfuleni-municipal-official-wastes-more-than-r120m-municipal-funds-but-remain-in-job\/"},"modified":"2020-07-01T08:32:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T06:32:35","slug":"emfuleni-municipal-official-wastes-more-than-r120m-municipal-funds-but-remain-in-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/emfuleni-municipal-official-wastes-more-than-r120m-municipal-funds-but-remain-in-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Emfuleni municipal official wastes more than R120m municipal funds but remain in job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/07\/01\/Emfuleni_municipal_official_wastes_more_than_R120m_municipal\/\">Emfuleni municipal official wastes more than R120m municipal funds but remain in job<\/a>: Johannesburg &#8211; A top Gauteng municipal boss &#8211; responsible for tenders involving millions at the financially embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality &#8211; is in hot water for allegedly using the funeral of a ward councillor to enrich himself. The official in question allegedly also forced the council to pay a company R700 000 a month &#8211; over a period of three years &#8211; just to print documents for council meetings and municipal accounts. Jason Mthwane &#8211; manager supply chain management &#8211; allegedly manipulated council\u2019s tender procedures when he organised a \u201cspecial civic funeral\u2019 for ward councillor&#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/07\/01\/Emfuleni_municipal_official_wastes_more_than_R120m_municipal\/\">WN.com &#8211; Southafrica News<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/07\/01\/FEEL_GOOD_How_plans_for_a_glamorous_dance_changed_to_feeding\/\">FEEL GOOD | How plans for a glamorous dance changed to feeding hungry mouths<\/a>: It began as a plan for some serious glam. 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