The Former Acting Municipal Manager (MM) of the Theunissen-based municipality, Lungile Mokoteli, was removed during a special council sitting at the Verkeerdevlei Kapps Banyane community hall.

Mokoteli is the third MM to be fired or suspended by the ailing municipality in the space of a few months.

Last month the Free State High Court confirmed the removal of the legally embattled Pule Tsekedi.

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Reportedly the municipality has yet to pay workers for two months and counting after experiencing cash flow problems.

The municipality is yet to comment on the OFM News' inquiry.

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The day-to-day running of the municipality is said to have been affected, with workers reportedly on a go-slow following the non-payment of their salaries.

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Recently, the Auditor General (AG) Tsakani Maluleke, said the municipality was among three of the troubled Free State municipalities which failed to submit their financial statements for audit in the current financial year.

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Maluleke also announced that this municipality could not account for or keep track of where taxpayers' money went.

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