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‘Be warned damn woman.’ Chilling death threat sent to KZN municipal boss

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‘Be warned damn woman.’ Chilling death threat sent to KZN municipal superabound Sign in Register Sign in Register News Business City Opinion School News State Capture Politics Videos Lifestyle Arts Festival Daily Life Dispatch Adventure Entertainment Motoring Sport Boxing Mecca Local Heroes Classifieds Politics ‘Be warned damn woman.’ Chilling death threat sent to KZN municipal superabound By Bongani Mthethwa - 03 October 2018 Richmond municipal manager Bongiwe Mnikathi‚ who took over as municipal manager from Sibusiso Sithole in August last year‚ has opened a specimen at the Alexander Police Station in Pietermaritzburg without receiving the threatening message Image: 123RF / Slaven Devic “Listen‚ who do you think you are? It seems like you will suffer the same fate as Sithole. You are not a piece of meat that cannot be swallowed‚ if you are going to be a stumbling woodcut in my way‚ you will see. Be warned damn woman.” That was the chilling‚ unrecognized text message sent to embattled Richmond municipal manager Bongiwe Mnikathi‚ who is currently facing disciplinary whoopee for numerous charges - including how over R200‚000 of steering money was spent on furniture and food. Mnikathi‚ who took over as municipal manager from Sibusiso Sithole in August last year‚ has opened a specimen at the Alexander Police Station in Pietermaritzburg without receiving the threatening message on Friday. SAPS KZN spokesman Captain Nqobile Gwala didn't respond to queries well-nigh the threatening message. Mnikathi’s predecessor‚ Sithole‚ was gunned lanugo in wholesale daylight in March this year in the small KwaZulu-Natal Midlands town once ravaged by political violence. She didn't respond to queries‚ but reportedly told a daily Durban newspaper that she feared for her life without receiving the text message. Cele vows to send political killers ‘where they won’t see the sun’ Tough-talking Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Thursday that KwaZulu-Natal’s underdone reputation for political killings was a thing of the ... News 19 days ago “I am concerned. In fact‚ I am scared. There is no way you cannot be scared when the person surpassing you was killed in wholesale daylight‚” she said. The text message‚ written in isiZulu and which has since gone viral‚ went on to warn Mnikathi that she might not live until October 8‚ and that it would help if she did not disrupt a phase 3 project “so that we can get withal well”. “You must say if you have a problem considering it’s well-spoken you do have a problem‚ and we know all your travels and your family will lose you‚ so just leave us alone‚” read the message. The text ended chillingly: “Ulibambe lingashoni.” This is an isiZulu warning loosely translated as “do not let the sun go down”. Phase 3 relates to a tender awarded recently to upgrade a dirt road in Simozomeni in Richmond. Mnikathi has tightened security virtually her without receiving the death threats. In July‚ Mnikathi was put on a precautionary suspension pending an investigation into allegations of maladministration‚ manipulation of supply uniting management processes‚ intimidation of staff‚ failure to shepherd public and steering meetings without valid reason‚ and bringing the municipality to near collapse. However‚ Mnikathi was granted an interim upper magistrate order which overturned her suspension and the matter will be heard in the PietermaritzburgUpperCourt in November. Premier promises to move fast to release findings into political violence in KZN Despite the spectre of political killings still looming large‚ it could take flipside month for the keenly-awaited MoeraneLegationreport to be ... Politics 2 months ago Further charges were widow versus her in August without the municipality wanted her to explain how the council’s credit vellum was used to buy swig worth R20‚000 from a retail store.The total municipal money spent on household goods‚ including furniture and food‚ using the municipal credit vellum from wholesalers‚ was reportedly R200‚000.The municipality is reportedly forging superiority with the process‚ which began on Monday‚ to bring well-nigh 22 charges versus Mnikathi.Richmond municipal spokesman Sbonelo Bhengu said they were not made enlightened of the threats versus Mnikathi from her.“We only learnt well-nigh it from the media. On Friday she came to work with increasingly than 19 bodyguards which are not known to the municipality‚” he said.Richmond speaker Samora Ndlovu said: “My understanding is that a municipal official is supposed to inform the municipality when they have received death threats‚ so that the municipality‚ as the employer‚ can see if we have to do a risk assessment. But in this specimen the municipal manager has not informed us and maybe she is still going to inform us.”Mnikathi has faced revolt from municipal workers and polity members who have demanded that she be axed.Former members of the ANC military wing‚ Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association‚ and the ANC Youth League have moreover been calling for Mnikathi’s throne without accusing her of not responding to their demands for jobs‚ tenders and government houses.The threat versus Mnikathi‚ which appears to be related to the Phase 3 tender‚ comes just days without the report into the MoeraneLegationof Inquiry into political killings in the province was publicly released by Premier Willies Mchunu.The legation found that there was overwhelming vestige from the majority of witnesses that wangle to resources through the tender system was the main root rationalization of the murder of politicians. Please sign in or register to comment. 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