Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says its anti-corruption hotline has received tip-off’s that have led to dozens of investigations.
In a statement on Monday, the Metro said that since its anti-corruption hotline was put in place on the 27th of October, it had received 45 tip-offs.
It says 38 of these will be investigated.
“Of the total number reported, only 7 tip-offs fall outside the municipal mandate and thus, have been referred to relevant authorities to institute investigations against the alleged perpetrators,” said Executive Mayor, Athol Trollip.
“It is clear that residents and municipal staff have taken this service into their confidence, given that each informant’s identity is strictly protected and that this new Administration is clearly serious about stopping corruption”.
“The new political leadership has been hard at work to fulfill its promise of ridding the municipality of a deeply entrenched criminal culture that has over the last 20 years derailed many strategic projects worth billions of Rand”.
“This is money that has been systemically siphoned out of the municipal coffers by greedy municipal officials and their political allies from the previous administration, in turn ignoring the basic tenet that governs the municipality - to provide basic services to all communities,” executive mayor, Trollip said.
“Details of the investigations will be kept confidential until reports are tabled in Council,” he said.
