Disgraced Free State Municipal CFO redeployed to Gauteng
28 February 2024
The Democratic Alliance (DA) can reveal that the former Nkeotane Municipality Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Xolani Malindi, has been deployed to yet another CFO position, this time in Gauteng to the Rand West City Municipality.
Malindi’s name is one that is well known to civil society and the South African court system alike. Whilst applying for the position of City Manager in the Nkeotana Municipality in the Free State, he was caught lying about a false qualification.
This, as he was already the CFO in a municipality that is widely reported to have been rife with corruption allegations. Xolani’s tenure as CFO in the Nkeoatana Municipality started in 2018. Some of the allegations that have been making headlines since then are listed below:
- R15 million stadium that is yet to be used