4 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 2018 | CAPE ARGUS PROBE De Lille faces criminal MMETRO BULLYING investigation Hike and Forensic report by Bowman Gilfillian recommends the mayor and others be charged JASON FELIX
[email protected] by De Lille on reporting to council which De Lille instructed Ebrahim to to sit in the opposition benches, we allegations of improper conduct by stop. De Lille’s alleged failure to report will not stand for corruption. We will MAYOR Patricia de Lille will be sub- suspended transport commissioner these matters to council were also root it out where it shows its head,” support jected to a criminal investigation along Whitehead. under investigation. Twigg said. with other senior officials. DA metro chairperson and council- Bowman Gilfillian found that De De Lille said in respect of the Bow- The City Council has adopted a lor Grant Twigg said council adopted Lille prevented Ebrahim from report- man Gilfillian investigation, she com- forensic report into corruption and the documents and that disciplinary ing the matter. Disciplinary procedures mitted to give her full co-operation. young maladministration at the City of Cape and criminal investigations be insti- are also mooted against Herron and “I have done so whenever it was Town. tuted against the others. Whitehead for their alleged miscon- my turn to submit responses. I have The report by Bowman Gilfillian Earlier this year, allegations duct in the tender process. also raised my concerns about factual has recommended that De Lille, may- that Ebrahim had been prevented Chinese bus company BYD was errors in a previous Bowmans report victims oral committee member for transport, by De Lille from reporting irregular awarded a R286m contract in August tabled in this Council in January this Brett Herron, former municipal man- expenditure of R43 million caused by 2016 for the delivery of electric buses, year,” she said.