Buffalo City Metro (BCM) bosses are confident that the case against the metro’s suspended city manager Andile Fani will be settled by August‚ which would be 11 months since he was placed on suspension. Acting city manager Nceba Ncunyana said on Wednesday the metro bosses were concerned over delays in the completion on Fani’s disciplinary hearing‚ which he said was being handled by an “external” firm.Buffalo City metro faces SIU investigationPresident Jacob Zuma has ordered a special investigation into allegations of serious maladministration in East London‚ where the ANC municipality is accused of misusing ratepayers’ money. Ncunyana said the dragging on of this case was costly to the city and that “we are hoping and confident that it would be concluded by August”.Ncunyana was speaking on the sidelines of a briefing at which outgoing executive mayor Alfred Mtsi briefed the media about achievements and challenges faced by the city in the past year he had been in charge. Mtsi was speaking at the East London City Hall‚ just moments before he delivered his second and last state of the metro address in Abbortsford.During the briefing‚ Mtsi said the metro was concerned about the cost implications associated with Fani’s suspension‚ saying it would be to the city’s best interest that the case be concluded “soon”.He said the metro’s hands were tied in trying to fast-track this disciplinary process‚ as its completion “was beyond our control”.“It is not a question of us being reckless or negligent about the costs implications that are caused by these delays‚ but that the speedy resolvement of this matter‚ is just beyond our control‚” Mtsi said. Earlier this month‚ the council resolved to add more charges against Fani‚ relating to four allegedly dodgy multi-million rand tenders. Other charges were laid against him in March over R450-million irregular expenditure by the metro...