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Bad Municipal Workers Are Gonna Pay!

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Judgment should worry South African state employees who make incompetent decisions… COURT HOLDS MUNICIPAL WORKERS PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR LEGAL COSTS On 5 April Judge Dhaya Pillay of the Kwazulu-Natal High Court in Durban handed down a judgment with potentially far reaching consequences for future government litigation. Pillay ordered several employees of the eThekwini Municipality personally liable for half the costs of the litigation. Ordinarily, the government or department would be liable if the case is against individuals acting in an official government capacity. However, in the eThekwini case, the judge found that the employees had acted so carelessly that they … ‘Click here to read full article…’

Susan Campbell Responds to Grant Easton

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The complainant against Knysna Municipal Manager Grant Easton has identified herself as Susan Campbell. Campbell is well know for her voluntary work in assisting the public by scrutinising municipal tender documents, her goal to ensure that they obey the law. Grant Easton is currently under investigation for alleged tender irregularities and racism. He recently defended himself by releasing a statement to the Knysna-Plett Herald. Campbell intended keeping silent during the investigation but felt it necessary to respond to Easton’s factual inaccuracies. She says that her complaint “relates to the prima facie fraudulent cancellation of a tender, prima facie fraudulent reasons … ‘Click here to read full article…’

Cape Times Gives Front Page to Knysna’s Future

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HELP! Knysna locals, for 10 minutes, please forget the holiday spirit and the hard work those of you who are in the tourist trade are undoubtedly busy with.   Unexpectedly, the ISDF tender, the framework for our town’s future, the one we’ve been fighting so hard against (against our politicians and municipality), has appeared on the FRONT PAGE OF THE CAPE TIMES.   The SABC has also posted a mention on their Facebook.   We need as many media to investigate the story so that the plan (by others) for our future is investigated. We have the opportunity to create … ‘Click here to read full article…’