“Councillor Jacob Khawe [has been] admitted to hospital. This is due to unbearable chest and right leg pains. The mayor’s admission to hospital was on Thursday October 4, 2018. The medical experts are currently running tests and have advised the executive mayor to rest. The people of Emfuleni will be kept posted on any developments in this regard. The Emfuleni Local Municipality wishes the mayor speedy recovery,” Kumalo continued.
The municipality says medical experts are currently running tests and have advised the executive mayor to rest. Emfuleni Local Municipality mayor Jacob Khawe has been admitted to hospital on Thursday after encountering ill-health, his chief of staff Jabu Kumalo said.
The municipality has come under heavy criticism from opposition parties in recent months after Bidvest repossessed a fleet of its vehicles, which included ones belonging to the traffic, fire, water and sanitation and electricity departments.
In August, the municipality said the contract with the fleet provider had run its course and would not be renewed. In the same month, power utility Eskom threatened to disconnect the municipality after it allegedly failed to honour its repayment plan.
Also in August, the DA alleged that the administration manager in Emfuleni did not have the required qualifications for the position.
The party revealed that the position of the administration manager at the municipal office was not advertised and that the manager was transferred from the office of the speaker to head the municipality’s administration office.
It was also reported in the media that the municipality was paying its acting facilities manager more than R1 million per year, for a position he allegedly is not qualified for.
Source: The Citizen
