MPUMALNGA ANC provincial chairman Charles Makola has been suspended as manager of the Nkangala municipality.
The municipality suspended him on Wednesday for alleged mismanagement of funds to the tune of R12-million.
This was after Auditor-General Terence Nombembe's revelations that, though he was the accounting officer in charge of finances, Makola could not account for the money.
Makola told Sowetan yesterday: "As far as I am concerned, I am still on duty. I have not received the suspension letter."
But the municipality's mayor, Speedy Mashilo, confirmed that Makola had been suspended.
Mashilo denied that the move had anything to do with a political power struggle in the province ahead of the ANC elective conference to be held in March.
Mashilo added that Makola was suspended after a district council meeting, where matters arising from a financial report presented to the council had shown a number of items of suspicion and irregularities that required investigation.
Makolo is being lobbied by some of the province's factions to challenge Premier David Mabuza for the position of ANC chairman in March.
Official probed over R12m
MPUMALNGA ANC provincial chairman Charles Makola has been suspended as manager of the Nkangala municipality.
The municipality suspended him on Wednesday for alleged mismanagement of funds to the tune of R12-million.
This was after Auditor-General Terence Nombembe's revelations that, though he was the accounting officer in charge of finances, Makola could not account for the money.
Makola told Sowetan yesterday: "As far as I am concerned, I am still on duty. I have not received the suspension letter."
But the municipality's mayor, Speedy Mashilo, confirmed that Makola had been suspended.
Mashilo denied that the move had anything to do with a political power struggle in the province ahead of the ANC elective conference to be held in March.
Mashilo added that Makola was suspended after a district council meeting, where matters arising from a financial report presented to the council had shown a number of items of suspicion and irregularities that required investigation.
Makolo is being lobbied by some of the province's factions to challenge Premier David Mabuza for the position of ANC chairman in March.