AMBROSE Bixie Mkutu, one of the directors at the centre of the scholar transport saga in the Eastern Cape, says he is a responsible man.
Mkutu, who was convicted of armed robbery in the late 1970s, spoke to the Saturday Dispatch this week after revealing the alleged misuse of taxpayers’ money in the scholar transport programme.
He has been accused by company spokesman Ntsizakalo Ngalo of gangsterism and harassing other directors of One Future Development 46, a consortium of the Eastern Cape Bus and Taxi Business Chamber (ECBTBC).
Ngalo claimed Mkutu demanded money from some directors and held others at gunpoint. Ngalo said Mkutu was a convict with a criminal record for bank robbery and had also been arrested for dealing in drugs.
He also alleged that Mkutu had been a gang leader of the 27s and 28s in prison.
“Ngalo doesn’t know what he is talking about. He just joined the company in the last six months after he made a lot of noise when he was outside. He must answer how he got R70000 deposited in his account and why scholar transport providers were not paid.”
Mkutu admitted he had been arrested for armed robbery after he “took what was his” from someone in the 1970s.
He declined to give further details. “Not even the police records say I am a bank robber or have dealt in drugs. Yes, I was a leader of prisoners who had been assaulted in Pollsmoor but I was never the leader of gangsters.”
Mkutu’s activism in Pollsmoor resulted in former president Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane visiting the facility.
He said the provincial government should rather not award the tender to ECBTC.
The provincial transport department is set to announce the winners by the end of the month. — msindisif@dispatch.co.za
I’m no gangster, says taxi director
Mkutu, who was convicted of armed robbery in the late 1970s, spoke to the Saturday Dispatch this week after revealing the alleged misuse of taxpayers’ money in the scholar transport programme.
He has been accused by company spokesman Ntsizakalo Ngalo of gangsterism and harassing other directors of One Future Development 46, a consortium of the Eastern Cape Bus and Taxi Business Chamber (ECBTBC).
Ngalo claimed Mkutu demanded money from some directors and held others at gunpoint. Ngalo said Mkutu was a convict with a criminal record for bank robbery and had also been arrested for dealing in drugs.
He also alleged that Mkutu had been a gang leader of the 27s and 28s in prison.
“Ngalo doesn’t know what he is talking about. He just joined the company in the last six months after he made a lot of noise when he was outside. He must answer how he got R70000 deposited in his account and why scholar transport providers were not paid.”
Mkutu admitted he had been arrested for armed robbery after he “took what was his” from someone in the 1970s.
He declined to give further details. “Not even the police records say I am a bank robber or have dealt in drugs. Yes, I was a leader of prisoners who had been assaulted in Pollsmoor but I was never the leader of gangsters.”
Mkutu’s activism in Pollsmoor resulted in former president Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane visiting the facility.
He said the provincial government should rather not award the tender to ECBTC.
The provincial transport department is set to announce the winners by the end of the month. — msindisif@dispatch.co.za
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