The Citizen reports Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane, who is also the African National Congress (ANC) provincial chair, on Monday spoke out against the killing of municipal officials and urged the governing party to deal decisively with corruption.
He was speaking at the party’s Eastern Cape provincial executive committee (PEC) lekgotla in Buffalo City. The premier lamented the astonishing occurrence of municipal officials being killed, saying a municipal official was killed last week from one of the districts in the province, Amathole District Municipality. “It’s a very strange thing, we are trying to find answers,” Mabuyane said, adding that the PEC had committed to “leaving no stone unturned” with regards to dealing with this murder. Mabuyane told attendees of the lekgotla that he recently received a “sad message” from SA’s Ambassador to Spain, Thenji Mtintsoa, that her relative, “a young man”, had been killed. “He was killed in front of his wife; killed in front of his children. He was killed for no apparent reason. Clearly it has to do with corruption,” Mabuyane said, adding that another municipal official was buried last weekend, which he said was “similar behaviour”. The premier said it should not be a crime for persons to occupy positions within supply chain management units of municipalities. He pointed out that the jobs of municipal officials involved bringing to an end any wrongdoing, however, those who attempted to do so were killed.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Makhosandile Zulu at The Citizen
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