One of the estranged directors of an Eastern Cape company which lost a lucrative contract to transport pupils, has lodged a complaint with the Hawks over the company’s “operations”.
Ntsizakalo Ngalo, who was the spokesman of One Future Development 46, a business arm of the Eastern Cape Bus and Taxi Business Chamber (ECBTBC), said: “I want the Hawks to investigate them for mismanagement of funds and their operations.”
Ngalo has also lodged a complaint with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
He said he felt it was necessary to lodge a complaint with the CCMA as he was being victimised.
“The company is refusing to pay me for a year that I worked as a director and they never gave me a contract. They are claiming that I was a non-executive director, which is a lie.”
One Future Development 46 lost the lucrative scholar transport contract last year when transport MEC Weziwe Tikana and her education counterpart Mandla Makupula announced their departments would no longer issue contracts to cooperatives, but only use individual operators.
The company had been used by the transport department since 2011 to ferry pupils, in turn using the services of private cooperatives.
However, ECBTBC chairman Simlindile Hintsa said he was not aware of the developments.
He referred questions to his colleagues, Vuyani Mshiywa and Ntsikelelo Gaehler.
Mshiywa confirmed that he was aware of the CCMA matter.
He said they had sent lawyers to defend the company at the hearing and the matter was still ongoing.
Mshiywa said he was not aware of the Hawks investigation.
He said Ngalo had been a board member of the company and left before processes to make him an employee could be finalised. — msindisif@dispatch.co.za
Call on Hawks to probe scholar transport company
Ntsizakalo Ngalo, who was the spokesman of One Future Development 46, a business arm of the Eastern Cape Bus and Taxi Business Chamber (ECBTBC), said: “I want the Hawks to investigate them for mismanagement of funds and their operations.”
Ngalo has also lodged a complaint with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
He said he felt it was necessary to lodge a complaint with the CCMA as he was being victimised.
“The company is refusing to pay me for a year that I worked as a director and they never gave me a contract. They are claiming that I was a non-executive director, which is a lie.”
One Future Development 46 lost the lucrative scholar transport contract last year when transport MEC Weziwe Tikana and her education counterpart Mandla Makupula announced their departments would no longer issue contracts to cooperatives, but only use individual operators.
The company had been used by the transport department since 2011 to ferry pupils, in turn using the services of private cooperatives.
However, ECBTBC chairman Simlindile Hintsa said he was not aware of the developments.
He referred questions to his colleagues, Vuyani Mshiywa and Ntsikelelo Gaehler.
Mshiywa confirmed that he was aware of the CCMA matter.
He said they had sent lawyers to defend the company at the hearing and the matter was still ongoing.
Mshiywa said he was not aware of the Hawks investigation.
He said Ngalo had been a board member of the company and left before processes to make him an employee could be finalised. — msindisif@dispatch.co.za
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