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But last month, BCMM received a bill for R35,000 for Gomba’s “pending student fees 2020”.
The municipality has come out to explain why it had financial responsibility for Gomba’s registration at the UFH.
According to Samkelo Ngwenya, a BCMM spokesperson, Gomba applied for funding when she was a councilor and the municipality paid her bill because “it met the requirements and conditions of our policies.”
“The municipality has a policy that provides guidance on the provision of human resource development initiatives within the Metropolitan Municipality of Buffalo City in a manner that ensures that communities receive an efficient service provided by qualified and competent officials and councilors,” he said. Ngwenya.
“This is done in accordance with applicable laws, national strategies and regulations related to the implementation of skills development initiatives. A conditional grant for study aid is financial aid for employees and councilors for studies ”.
The UFH did not answer questions about why they accepted money from the municipality despite admitting that Gomba’s registration was “irregular.”
Instead, the university’s leadership on Friday, through the vice chancellor, Professor Sakhela Buhlungu, issued an internal communication to staff and students announcing the suspension of Professor Edwin Ijeoma from the institution’s public administration department.
Ijeoma is suspected of being central to Gomba’s irregular registration, but university sources claim that it was not only the MEC that was registered without due process.
Gomba said she was being attacked and was not the only politician who had registered without the RPL processes.
“Those who come before me have PhDs, you miss this because you are competing for my blood,” Gomba said.
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