DA calls for public protector investigation into Myeni’s spending
The DA will write to the Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, to request that she launch an investigation into chairperson of the Mhlathuze Water Board, Dudu Myeni’s, flagrant abuse of public funds.
City Press today revealed Myeni’s travel invoices and itineraries of 23 trips that were booked and paid for by the Mhlathuze Water Board.
The documents show trips totaling R678 761 on five-star hotels, business-class travel, hotel room service and a limousine ride.
This extravagant expenditure was allowed even though Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan had announced cost-cutting measures which limited air travel, car hire, accommodation and conferences.
In terms of the Public Protector Act, the Public Protector is empowered to investigate “abuse or unjustifiable exercise of power or unfair, capricious, discourteous or other improper conduct or undue delay by a person performing a public function”.