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News24 reports that despite being charged with sexual assault and rape, the Oudtshoorn deputy mayor, Mlandeli Nyuka, is still getting his salary while awaiting trial in custody.
Nyuka, whose bail was denied last week, will appear in court again on 22 November. But, during that time, Nyuka will remain the municipality's deputy mayor. In a statement, the municipality said that neither the mayor, the municipal manager nor the council had the authority to remove a councillor involved in an ongoing legal process. The office of the mayor advised that a councillor could only be removed and a vacancy declared by the Electoral Commission (IEC) on grounds including resignation, removal by the MEC, or being convicted on criminal charges. It went on to indicate: “Please note that no charges regarding the alleged incident have been laid with the municipal manager or the mayor. This means that there are no grounds for an investigation by the municipality." Nyuka, who had been the president of the Suid-Kaap Saamstaan party in the DA-controlled municipality, was charged with sexually assaulting a 37-year-old employee in his office on 27 September. He allegedly offered the employee a better job in return for her silence. He was arrested on 2 October. It is understood that Nyuka was out on bail on a rape case at the time of the latest alleged incident. It also emerged that he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in 2013. Nyuka's membership from the Suid-Kaap Saamstaan party was terminated in April this year following a disciplinary hearing into, among other things, gross misconduct relating to dishonesty and failure to abide by the party's step-aside rule - he was facing criminal charges at the time.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Marvin Charles at News24 (subscriber access only)
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