Umgeni Water acting chief executive resigns - Nomalungelo Mkhize was appointed to the role only a year ago. Sandile Dube will step into her shoes in an acting capacity
Hlongwa had served in the position for seven years and was being investigated over payments from Shinga’s companies, Raminet Technologies and MPS Strategic Solutions, including those for a birthday party in Cape Town.
The two companies have launched a court application to stop Umgeni from terminating contracts valued at R138-million. The contracts are among those being investigated at Umgeni by the Special Investigating Unit in terms of two separate proclamations issued by PresidentDube holds a master’s in engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand and a diploma in civil engineering from the Durban University of Technology.
Bheki Mbambo, project leader at Umgeni’s infrastructure division, takes over Dube’s operations role in an acting capacity.Mail & Guardian , we’re proud of our 36 year history, throughout which we have delivered to readers the most important, unbiased stories in South Africa. Good journalism costs, though, and right from our very first edition we’ve relied on reader subscriptions to protect our independence.
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