INCRIMINATING ALLEGATIONS AGAINST CEO SUBMITTED

MATSAPHA – A non-profit organisation which wanted to nurture and invest towards a healthy, and economically futuristic generation, has submitted incriminating allegations against Matsapha CEO.

Umliba Wakusasa Lophilile Childcare founding members Tengetile Ngwenya and Mr W Stuart appeared to deliver their submissions at the ongoing commission of inquiry into the affairs of Matsapha Town Council yesterday.
In their submissions the founding members alleged that the town council, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in particular, stole their concept of constructing an early childhood development (ECD) centre in the town.

Idea

They said the idea was to take care of children of textile workers when their parents were at work.
They alleged that during the month of November 2017, they engaged a council officer, Sabelo Masuku, who sits in management, to share their vision and to solicit support from the town council.
They said this was after one of the founding members of the organisation had donated land in Matsapha Industrial Sites where they were to build the ECD Centre. They alleged that Masuku advised them to write to council to request for consent to construct on the land since it was within the heavy industrial zone.

On November 4, 2017, the founding members alleged that a letter requesting special consent to operate a child care service on Lot 662, Tambankulu Road was submitted to council. On December 27, 2017, they stated that the CEO responded on behalf of council rejecting their request but suggested that they should consult the planning officer to identify a suitable land for their proposed ECD Centre.

Planning

Thereafter, they alleged that the planning officer, Tive Nxumalo, was consulted and they had numerous meetings in an effort to acquire a suitable land to assist their organisation to realise its dream.
They further submitted that they worked well with Nxumalo and consequently identified a suitable land for the project; Plot 189 Matsapha next to AHF Eswatini. They alleged that relevant stakeholders were engaged on the proposed location.

“The council asked for registration documents and organisational profile which included secret information like how we intend to operate, code of conduct and Board of directors among others,” they alleged.
Thereafter, they alleged that after submitting everything to the town planner’s office, regular meetings were held and in the process, zoning and mapping of the area was shared to them.
They also alleged that touring of possible project sites was also done by the founders as per the recommendation by the town planner.

Targeted

“Later on, management gave us feedback from councillors that our request should be prioritised and given the urgency it deserves for action as it is very beneficial to the targeted audience of Matsapha Industrial Site and surrounding informal settlements,” the founding members alleged.
They submitted that all was progressing smoothly but within a twinkle of an eye after a council’s retreat which was held at Orion Hotel in Pigg’s Peak, management started singing a different tune.

They alleged that management told them that they had to be registered with the Coordinating Assembly of Non-Governmental Organisations (CANGO) yet it was not a mandatory or a statutory requirement.
“Soon after that, we were informed that the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was now interested in a similar project and council was giving it preference over our organisation,” reads part of the founding members’ allegations.

They said the matter was also published in one of the publications that UNICEF was to build an ECD Centre on the land that was proposed to us and a youth centre. They alleged that this took place despite the fact that the ECD Centre was Umliba’s brainchild.

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