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Namibia: Landmark SCA ruling opens door for Nelson Mandela Bay to reclaim millions in wasteful expenditure – Election 2024

Namibia: Landmark SCA ruling opens door for Nelson Mandela Bay to reclaim millions in wasteful expenditure – Election 2024

Africa Links 24 with Daily Maverick
Published on 2024-12-27 14:48:06

WRITTEN BY: ESTELLE ELLIS

Municipal officials can be liable to pay back the money if they were responsible for the unauthorised, irregular, and wasteful expenditure, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in South Africa ruled in November.

In a single metro, such as the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, and for a single project – the multibillion Integrated Public Transport System (IPTS) – this ruling has opened the door for multimillion-rand claims to be recovered from municipal…

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