Nongoma Local Municipality
Nongoma Municipality Appoints Acting Municipal Manager To Avert Salary Payment Crisis
The troubled Nongoma Local Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal has finally appointed Mpumelelo Bongani Mnguni as…
Bleak Festive Season For Nongoma Local Municipality Employees After December Salaries Not Paid On Time
About 260 desperate employees of the cash-strapped Nongoma Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal started their festive…
Unpaid Nongoma Municipality Bodyguards Storm Offices Demanding Answers From Mayor
The troubled Nongoma Local Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal was plunged into a security crisis on…
Corruption Accused Nongoma Speaker Cancels Meeting That Would Have Violated Bail Conditions
The Speaker of Nongoma local municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal has abruptly cancelled the council sitting,…
Corruption Accused Nongoma Mayor To Spend More Days In Jail, Deputy Mayor and Speaker Out on Bail
The corruption accused mayor of Nongoma local municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal will spend five more days inside Qalakabusha prison in Empangeni before making a bail application and knowing his fate. This is after the State indicated on Friday, November 29, that it was opposed to having Clifford Ndabandaba released on bail after he and others were indicted in the high profile corruption case. No reasons were given for the reluctance to have them temporarily freed on bail. However, the State…
No Bail For Nongoma Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Speaker Arrested For Corruption
The Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and Speaker of Nongoma Local Municipality are set to spend the next four days behind bars following their first court appearance today. Clifford Mshangane Ndabandaba of the National Freedom Party (NFP), Sabelo Nkosi from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), and Babongile Sithole from the African National Congress (ANC) were arrested on Friday morning and charged with corruption. The trio appeared before the Nongoma Magistrate’s Court. However, they could not apply for bail and their matter was…
Police Confirm Arresting Three Nongoma Municipality Leaders
The police have officially confirmed that they have arrested three top political office bearers at the Nongoma Local Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal earlier on Friday. However, they did not reveal the charges except that the suspects will appear in court on Monday where they would be presented with the charge sheet. “The SAPS confirms that there are politicians and officials attached to the Nongoma Local Municipality that have been arrested. They are expected to appear in court on Monday morning.…
KZN CoGTA MEC Wins Court Battle Against Nongoma Municipality
The MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) in KwaZulu-Natal, Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi has scored another legal victory against the executive of Nongoma Local Municipality. This is after the Pietermaritzburg High Court set aside the appointment of Nhlakanipho Zulu as the Municipal Manager (MM) for the municipality. The court also set aside the appointment of Mzwandile Dube as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in the same municipality. The application was brought by Buthelezi in September this year alleging that…