Slain auditor's report on R1,8-billion chemical toilet tender - details revealed

An unfavourable audit of a R1,8 billion mobile chemical toilet tender contract could be the reason Ekurhuleni Municipality's Chief Auditor Mpho Mafole was assassinated on 30 June. 

"We are not yet in a position to pronounce why he was killed but we have been able to piece together what Mr Mafole worked on in the months and particularly in his last week alive - that he was auditing the chemical toilet tender. Those mobile toilets that are supplied to squatter camps and places where there is no sanitation infrasctructure, " says co-author of the News24 report Sikonathi Mantshantsha.

Mafole was asked to audit that contract before it went to 15 different companies for the next three years to June 2028.  

"When he received the request, he got together with his team of four other auditors and they worked. Six days later, they had produced an internal audit report and gave it to their boss.. and said there are serious irregularities," says Mantshantsha.

The report was handed over on 26 June and on 30 June, Mafole was gunned down in Kempton Park.

Mantshantsha says while he is not qualified to speak on how the police investigation is going, he knows one of the suspected assassins has been arrested and will apply for bail on 31 October. 

For the full discussion between Midday Reports Mandy Wiener and News24 journalist Sikonathi Mantshantsha listen to the audio below.