By Abdulazizi
Alfred Nzo District Municipality is opting to lease vehicles in an effort to curb abuse costing it about R1m a year
By POLISWA PLAATJIE
Mthatha Bureau
ALFRED Nzo District Municipality has opted to lease vehicles from a private company instead of buying in an effort to curb abuse costing it about R1-million a year.
The municipality said it believed it would save close to R1-million a year when it starts using the new fleet of 22 vehicles, handed over by Fleet Africa last week.
The municipality previously owned more than 20 vehicles but some were not in a good condition.
Alfred Nzo mayor Eunice Diko said the initiative would help reduce the abuse of municipal vehicles by employees.
The municipality spent more than R1-million on petrol a year.
Manager for infrastructure development and municipal services, Ngubende Hlazo, said in the past they had cases where municipal vehicles were used by employees for private matters.
“We had the normal trackers in our previous cars but the new trackers are more advanced so we will be able to check on our vehicles daily.”
Hlazo said in some cases employees had also used municipal petrol cards to fill up their own private vehicles.
Diko said in the past the municipality had failed to respond to water scheme calls because vehicles where either not in good shape or were not to be found.
“These vehicles will be used in all those projects we are undertaking as the municipality; we have reservoir and dam projects that are currently running in Mbizana and Ntabankhulu,” she said.
This includes a billion rand water project in the Bizana and Flagstaff areas.
Earlier this month the Daily Dispatch reported the project was being stalled by villagers who claimed the municipality had not asked for permission to put pipes across communal land.
The community land committee demanded the municipality compensate them before work could resume.
Diko said the issue had been resolved and work on the project had resumed. — poliswa@dispatch.co.za
Mthatha Bureau
ALFRED Nzo District Municipality has opted to lease vehicles from a private company instead of buying in an effort to curb abuse costing it about R1-million a year.
The municipality said it believed it would save close to R1-million a year when it starts using the new fleet of 22 vehicles, handed over by Fleet Africa last week.
The municipality previously owned more than 20 vehicles but some were not in a good condition.
Alfred Nzo mayor Eunice Diko said the initiative would help reduce the abuse of municipal vehicles by employees.
The municipality spent more than R1-million on petrol a year.
Manager for infrastructure development and municipal services, Ngubende Hlazo, said in the past they had cases where municipal vehicles were used by employees for private matters.
“We had the normal trackers in our previous cars but the new trackers are more advanced so we will be able to check on our vehicles daily.”
Hlazo said in some cases employees had also used municipal petrol cards to fill up their own private vehicles.
Diko said in the past the municipality had failed to respond to water scheme calls because vehicles where either not in good shape or were not to be found.
“These vehicles will be used in all those projects we are undertaking as the municipality; we have reservoir and dam projects that are currently running in Mbizana and Ntabankhulu,” she said.
This includes a billion rand water project in the Bizana and Flagstaff areas.
Earlier this month the Daily Dispatch reported the project was being stalled by villagers who claimed the municipality had not asked for permission to put pipes across communal land.
The community land committee demanded the municipality compensate them before work could resume.
Diko said the issue had been resolved and work on the project had resumed. — poliswa@dispatch.co.za
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