The South African Municipal Workers Union is calling for action against alleged corruption in KwaZulu-Natal. The union held a media briefing on the state of the uMkhanyakude Municipality on Tuesday and issued a statement on Thursday that “declared corruption as one of the key barriers to effective and efficient service delivery”.The union is calling for an independent forensic investigation into the appointment of service providers the Umkhanyakude District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal.The union alleges that the Municipal Manager of the district appointed service providers for the Ngwavuma Boreholes project by flouting of Supply Chain Management (SCM) process‚ citing fictitious Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant (MWIG) savings.SAMWU further alleges that there were violations of SCM processes in order to benefit select service providers from the Zululand District Municipality‚ and that there were “inflated costs incurred during the drilling and rehabilitation of the Ngwavuma Boreholes”.The union says the boreholes “have not produced any water for the community of Ngwavuma”‚ and that “some service providers invoiced the Municipality after just one day of resumption of work”.The union says that SCM policies were also flouted in the appointment of service providers for Mtubatuba Water Services‚ “wherein Hydro Tech and Fabrication Services cc was appointed”; as well as for several other projects.The union alleges that in the Shemula Project‚ cheaper plastic material was used instead of the recommended material in order to siphon money away. “It is alleged that HOD: Technical Services colluded with the contractor and site engineer to install a cheap pipe but invoiced the municipality with an expensive pipe which was never installed of which payment was effected as such.”The union made a string of other allegations and is calling for action to be taken against the municipal manager and other allegedly corrupt officials...