adminwho absconded duty between July 2008 and January 2010, town clerk Mr Godfrey Tanyanyiwa has said.
Clr Rukweza has resumed his duties and recently refused to endorse the awarding of huge allowances to senior council staff during the short stint he has been back.
The Urban Councils Act states that if a councillor misses three consecutive council meetings without excusing self they lose the seat.
Matters came to a head when Clr Rukweza refused to be part of a council resolution awarding senior managers huge allowances. Clr Rukweza registered his displeasure during the meeting and followed it up with a letter to Mr Tanyanyiwa.
Clr Rukweza felt the allowances were not justified as they were not commensurate with service delivery.
Yesterday Mr Tanyanyiwa wrote to Clr Rukweza reminding him that he has an “axe” hanging over his head.
“Let me point out to you that there was a period from July 2008 to January 2010 wherein you failed to discharge your duties in consistence and to expectation as a councillor owing to your personal engagements outside the country wherein you had taken up employment with The Swazi Times of Swaziland,” he said.
Mr Tanyanyiwa said during that period the ward lost representation. He said the Erica Jones Commission picked the “systematic pattern of non-attendance to committee and council meetings”.
He said the findings were forwarded to Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo “and council still awaits the Minister’s direction on the matter.”
Clr Rukweza could not be reached for a comment yesterday.
derick.khumalo