The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has welcomed the arrest of five people who have been implicated in the corruption-ridden and failed Integrated Public Transport System.
The Municipality says in a statement the IPTS is a monument to the corruption of previous administrations which, saw a total of 2.5 billion rand misspent and misappropriated over many years to corruption, mismanagement and negligence.
It says the new coalition administration is now faced with resurrecting a broken system.
The Metro says anyone found to have been part of the cabal that has been linked to a string of fraudulent and corruption activities in the IPTS will face the full might of the law.
The arrests follow an ongoing investigation into a 208 million rand grant which National Treasury approved for the Municipality in 2007.
The former boss of EP Rugby, Cheeky Watson along with former municipal employee Nadia Gerwel, Andrea Wessels, Mandisa Mkaza and Stephan Pretorius were arrested by the Hawks on Friday.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has welcomed the arrest of five people who have been implicated in the corruption-ridden and failed Integrated Public Transport System.
The Municipality says in a statement the IPTS is a monument to the corruption of previous administrations which, saw a total of 2.5 billion rand misspent and misappropriated over many years to corruption, mismanagement and negligence.
It says the new coalition administration is now faced with resurrecting a broken system.
The Metro says anyone found to have been part of the cabal that has been linked to a string of fraudulent and corruption activities in the IPTS will face the full might of the law.
The arrests follow an ongoing investigation into a 208 million rand grant which National Treasury approved for the Municipality in 2007.
The former boss of EP Rugby, Cheeky Watson along with former municipal employee Nadia Gerwel, Andrea Wessels, Mandisa Mkaza and Stephan Pretorius were arrested by the Hawks on Friday.
