Municipal manager faces 'serious misconduct' probe

The Madibeng local municipality council is sitting today with only one item on the agenda – to suspend the municipal manager and investigate him for misconduct.

- Eric Mthobeli Naki

This is after he allegedly hired a contractor without following supply chain management processes.

The action against municipal manager Quiet Kgatla follows the contract termination of a service provider that won a tender to build 2,200 housing units at Damonsville.

The contractor did not turn up to do the job last year, resulting in Madibeng management deciding to terminate the contract and hire a new firm.

The new firm was appointed this year after a violent protest by residents of the area, situated near the Brits CBD. Protesters closed the road leading to the town centre with burning barricades of tyres and rocks.

At the time the municipality confirmed that the first contractor's contract had been terminated and that a new one was to be announced soon.