Another top official quits

caught sight of an investigation report against him,” said Clr Siwela.

Meanwhile, councillors on Friday — during a full council meeting — refused to implement findings by the council’s audit committee where it was suggested that Mr Sibanda be stripped of his acting capacity role. The vote was so dramatic that the council chairperson, Clr Siwela and the audit chairperson, Clr Soka Ngwenya recused themselves from voting arguing that it was wrong to allow the embattled acting CEO to continue in his capacity with the huge number of alleged misdemeanours over his head.

Council sources revealed that Mr Sibanda had written a letter to councillors where he was apologising and noting that in some of the cases his subordinates were to blame.

Commenting on the matter, Clr Siwela confirmed that the audit committee had tabled their findings on the conduct of the acting CEO with Clr Ngwenya as chairperson going further to suggest that Mr Sibanda should be stripped of his acting capacity role as he was no longer fit to hold the post, a suggestion which was rejected by other councillors.

He said they would however, proceed with the final resolution by the councillors. He also confirmed that the acting CEO had written an apology to the councillors, which he felt had influenced their final decision. Mr Sibanda is out on bail for two graft charges, the first being for allegedly prejudicing Tsholotsho RDC, US$4 179 900 in a hunting concession tender deal, where he is out on $400 bail while for the second, he is out on $1 000 bail for allegedly prejudicing the council of US$16 936 in a deal for the purchase of a computer software system without following due process.