This court order was confirmed by Mayoral Spokesperson Lebo Mofokeng.
The Police docket on the Ntombela case has now been referred to the prosecution authority for a decision but other serious complaints are now multiplying against ELM CFO Andile Dyakala.
This is in addition to internal ELM complaints of alleged extreme abuse and threats of violence against Ntombela by Dyakala.
Dyakala also faces further internal complaints of a smear campaign against his direct superior, the Municipal Manager.
Vanderbijlpark Police on Tuesday confirmed they had investigated Dyakala on an intimidation charge laid by Ntombela on 18 October and that a docket had been submitted to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions for a decision.
Both Ntombela and Dyakala had been interviewed regarding the case, said Vanderbijlpark SAPS Spokesperson Captain Teboho Lephoto. He did not comment on questions on whether Dyakala would be arrested.
In a further development, complaints of a sustained abuse and dirty tricks campaign allegedly by Dyakala against leading business leaders over the past year have also been made by the Golden Triangle Chamber of Commerce (GTCoC).
Dyakala remains unsuspended by ELM despite the gravity of the public gender-based abuse and intimidation against Ntombela. Municipal Manager Lucky Leseane declined to comment, saying only the complaints were being handled through due process.
“Anyone who heard the voice notes on social media by Dyakala allegedly abusing then acting Mayor Khetiwe Ntombela would see such intimidation as a serious threat to especially women – he should be arrested immediately and denied bail so that justice can take its course without intimidation.
“The GTCoC has long wanted Dyakala suspended by ELM for gross negligence and maladministration even before this incident because he has destroyed not only the revenue stream of ELM but also created the debt crisis with Eskom and smart meter service provider BXCSA.
“Dyakala and former acting Municipal Manager Oupa Nkoane have also created an extremely abusive management culture within ELM and towards ratepayers and service providers in which every ELM official only looks after themselves,” said GTCoC CEO, Klippies Kritzinger.
Ntombela, whose term as acting Executive Mayor expired last Friday, spoke out for the first time on the trauma and pain of gender-based abuse and threats of violence allegedly by her politically influential subordinate Dyakala.
“I have been traumatised by these threats to the extent that I have been experiencing sleepless nights,” said Ntombela.
Ntombela last week confirmed Dyakala also faces investigation into a smear campaign to discredit his direct boss Municipal Manager Lucky Leseane, whose municipal clean-up and anti-corruption efforts have faced open resistance from Dyakala and his allies within ELM.
Dyakala, and his former sponsor Nkoane, are known as the “Gang of Two” within ELM due to their extreme and arrogant tactics in dealing with service providers, as well as legendary maladministration and gross management negligence.
Both destroyed ELM’s BXCSA smart meter programme, the best of its kind in Gauteng, with direct ELM revenue losses so far near R400 million. BXCSA has won a record default High Court judgment of R492 million against ELM – attaching its primary bank account on October 2.
Dyakala made counter-claims of power abuse against Ntombela in an official ELM letter directed to Council Speaker Maipato “Chu-Chu Shoes” Tsokolibane, regarded as his staunch ally.
He also in the letter confirmed the basic facts exposed by an exclusive Vaalweekblad investigation and exposes into the matter over the past two weeks.
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