NOW, THEREFORE, I hereby, under section 2(1) of the Act, refer the matters mentioned in the Schedule, in respect of the Municipality, for investigation to the Special Investigating Unit established by Proclamation No. R.
unlawful or improper conduct by any person, which has caused or may cause serious harm to the interests of the public or any category thereof, which have taken place between 1 January 2007 and the date of publication of this Proclamation or which took place prior to 1 January 2007, but are connected with or incidental to the matters mentioned in the Schedule or involve the same persons, entities or contracts investigated under authority of this Proclamation, and to exercise or perform all the functions and powers assigned to or conferred upon the said Special Investigating Unit by the Act, including the recovery of any losses suffered by the Municipality, in relation to the said matters in the Schedule.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at Pretoria this Thirty-first day of October Two thousand and ten.
by or through the intervention of councillors, officials or employees of the Municipality with undeclared or unauthorised conflicts of interest; or into positions that they are not qualified or otherwise best suited for.
calculate residual values or depreciation of fixed assets; or prevent the occurrence of net losses or liabilities exceeding assets.
the payment of remuneration, allowances or other benefits to councillors, officials or employees of the Municipality that were not due, owing or payable or that were in excess of stipulated limits; or the remuneration of persons in senior posts outside the approved post establishment of the Municipality.
contrary to manuals, codes, policies, procedures, prescripts, instructions or practices of or applicable to the Municipality; or conducted or facilitated by or through the intervention of councillors, officials or employees of the Municipality with undeclared or unauthorised conflicts of interest.
the failure to pay the debts of the Municipality timeously or at all; or the failure to deduct or pay over Unemployment Insurance Fund contributions in respect of persons remunerated by the Municipality.
Interference by the City Manager of the Municipality in pending disciplinary proceedings against officials or employees of the Municipality or the City Manager's failure to institute well founded disciplinary or other appropriate proceedings against officials or employees of the Municipality.