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6th December, 2008, Page 3 - Edition 200
6th December, 2008, Page 3 - Edition 200
elicits suspicion
N
ews of uMngeni Municipality’s
reduction of its monthly fuel bill by
a whopping 43% in just one month may
sound like very good news, but it’s aroused suspicion
too.
DA councillor Pam Passmoor discovered this
saving when comparing the August and September
Fleet Management reports.
She told The Herald that in normal circumstances
a municipality saving R100 000 for its ratepayers
would be admirable, but the fact that even the refuse
removal trucks, with no change of routine, had
reduced their fuel consumption by 50% was
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suspicious.
“I’m at a loss, for example,” she said, “to imagine
how a Honey Sucker responsible for emptying septic
tanks, with a 60% reduction in fuel consumption,
could have been used for other than legitimate
service.
“Since I doubt that it could have been used as a
taxi, I suspect that the driver’s petrol cards are being
abused.”
In the Management Cluster Committee meeting
of 15th October, the fleet controller confirmed her
suspicions by stating that they were aware of suspected
fraudulent activities and had removed the garage cards
from the staff.
They stressed that the garage and not the staff
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