Papas slapped with notice of intention to sue by law firm
Umngeni mayor Chris Papas says he will not be deterred from his goal of achieving an accountable and corruption-free municipality.
Papas says he's facing a possible multi-million rand lawsuit by a law firm.
He says he's been hit with a notice of intention to sue by Mhlanga Inc Attorneys.
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The law firm was brought on board by the previous administration to look into possible corruption after the Special Investigating Unit found there had been irregular use of municipal infrastructure grant funding.
After the new administration took over, invoices from Mhlanga Attorneys were flagged and Papas said there was suspicion prices were inflated.
The mayor says the firm claims it's been defamed and is threatening legal action.
"Our job as a municipality is to interrogate invoices, contracts, work that has been done and to ensure whether or not there is value for money and to ensure that public funds are spent on public good and we are not taking advantage in any certain way.
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"As I said previously, preliminary indications indicate that we could have been overcharged for work that was done."
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