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Fraud allegations against Knysna ANC Deputy Mayor and Chief Financial Officer

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Knysna Municipality is a battle zone. It’s full of the ghosts and the bleeding. In between are skeletons. The latest of many to be unearthed are allegations of corruption against Chief Financial Officer Mbulelo Memani and ANC Deputy Mayor Aubrey Tsengwa. The author in the 4-page letter below is (now suspended) Municipal Manager Sitembele Vatala. Vatala is scarred by complaints too. However, here it must be explained why Memani wasn’t suspended and investigated by an independent contractor. It must be uncovered why, instead, Vatala was suspended. There is also no … Read the full article…

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Public funds used as DA piggy bank

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In 2017, ex-Knysna DA Mayor Eleanore Spies responded to my queries regarding her and her partner (ex-husband), DA Garden Route Councillor Rowan Spies, by threatening me. Three times, on their behalf, legal letters were sent by Cliffe Decker Hofmeyr who appears to be the attorney firm most benefiting from work from Knysna Municipality (possibly in the millions of rands).. I was told by the opposing political faction that the action against me was to be extensive, that they were taking me to Court, and that R400,000 had been unofficially budgeted, … Read the full article…

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Who in Knysna Thinks Human Rights is Inconvenient?

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I’m tired of repeating myself so post this thought about Knysna Fire donations and human rights so that i can copy and paste the link next time someone needs similar response on Facebook. I refuse to take the easy route and i don’t believe that anyone should during our great challenge. There’s good and bad in the aftermath of our Great Knysna Fire, there cannot only be good for the sake of convenience. There are people doing amazingly good deeds and i have given kudos to several. How could i … Read the full article…

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