Former ECDC chief financial officer Sandile Sentwa has vowed to contest the findings from a draft report from public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. The Times reported that the findings are contained in a draft report Mkhwebane sent to all those implicated in a complex scam that allegedly siphoned millions of rands from the public purse in the days leading up to and after the funeral of Mandela at his ancestral home in Qunu in the Eastern Cape in December 2013.
Sentwa told the Dispatch today that the report would be handled by his attorney. “ECDC did not procure anything but was paymaster on Treasury instruction. A recommendation to put controls in procurement does not therefore appear to be right. That particular finding will be contested.”
He said he had written to the public protector without any response on the matter. “I have about two months ago written to public protector contesting the finding. She did not respond. I provided documents.”
Former Buffalo City mayor Zukiswa Ncitha declined to comment. “I have not seen the report yet so I cannot comment on something that I do not know anything about,” She said.
This comes after it was reported that Mkhwebane would demand that action be taken against the senior Eastern Cape politicians, public servants and municipal officials, who are accused of missusing millions of rand meant for the burial of former president Nelson Mandela..
Ex-ECDC official vows to fight publiic protector findings
Sentwa told the Dispatch today that the report would be handled by his attorney. “ECDC did not procure anything but was paymaster on Treasury instruction. A recommendation to put controls in procurement does not therefore appear to be right. That particular finding will be contested.”
He said he had written to the public protector without any response on the matter. “I have about two months ago written to public protector contesting the finding. She did not respond. I provided documents.”
Former Buffalo City mayor Zukiswa Ncitha declined to comment. “I have not seen the report yet so I cannot comment on something that I do not know anything about,” She said.
This comes after it was reported that Mkhwebane would demand that action be taken against the senior Eastern Cape politicians, public servants and municipal officials, who are accused of missusing millions of rand meant for the burial of former president Nelson Mandela..
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