A convicted employee of the Kouga Municipality has been in jail since December 12 last year while ratepayers are forking out about R30 000 every month for his salary. Yet, it appears the municipality has taken no disciplinary action notwithstanding three previous convictions and another seven charges of reckless and driving under the influence of alcohol since 2004.
On March 3 this year, Mzwandile Templeton Gwadana (35) pleaded guilty in the Humansdorp Court for driving under the influence on December 12 last year. The alcohol level in his blood was more than 8 times over the legal limit. He was immediately arrested after sentencing when it was found that he was previously charged with drunk driving on no less than four other occasions since January 2009. He was denied bail and will remain in custody until May 25.
The Municipality was not prepared to comment. According to their Communications Officer, Mfundo Sobele, they are unable to divulge internal staff matters. Pressed to give a reason, he said “The municipality is in a process of re-looking its draft media policy regarding staff matters. At the moment, the draft does not clarify which areas should be strictly kept internal and those that should be for public consumption. The process should be finalised soon.”
This is a condensed version of the original report by
Piet Liebenberg
OUR TIMES – Kouga’s newspaper
8 April 2011
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