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IOL reports that the Hawks have launched an inquiry that involves two senior officials of the troubled Richards Bay-based Mhlathuze Water Board, which has in the past few years been tainted by allegations of graft.
The inquiry by the Hawks has dragged in suspended Mhlathuze Board chief executive Mthokozisi Duze and Babongile Mnyandu, the entity’s chief financial officer who is also on suspension. It is not clear what exactly prompted the inquiry, which could lead on to a full-blown investigation and prosecution. It is known that Duze has been on the watch list of the Hawks after a whistleblower wrote a letter to the crime-fighting unit and alleged that he was developing a mansion in the exclusive and lush suburb of Mtunzini, along the N2, near Richards Bay. The letter to the Hawks was sent early this year and it came at a time when the Mhlathuze Board had commissioned a forensic probe and had hired a private investigator to do some digging. The information about the inquiry is contained in two letters served on two Durban-based law firms in terms of which a Hawks investigator requested certain invoices and information. According to confidential court documents, the request for information appears to have been ignored by the directors of the law firms. The Hawks investigator, who cannot be named for security reasons, had to ask the courts to assist him through legal avenues. Duze said he was not aware of any investigation against him, but was only aware of a Hawks inquiry against him - which was eventually closed. Regarding charges preferred against Duze and Mnyandu, a spokesperson for Mhlathuze Water said they could not divulge them since that would prejudice the accused parties.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sihle Mavuso at IOL
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