A R1 920 bill for a two-hour phone call to a sex line had a veteran DA councillor in the Msunduzi Municipality blushing when he unwittingly signed for the summons demanding payment that was delivered to his office last month.
On Thursday, councillor Bill Lambert told the municipality’s executive committee he was appalled when he read that the summons was for an unpaid bill for a call to a sex line made from the reception desk in the office suite a year ago.
Security in the municipal building in Pietermaritzburg had to be beefed up, he said, as there was no way of knowing who had made the call.
He was alone in the office when the summons “for services rendered by Our Way Adult Chatline” was delivered. The envelope was addressed to “the owner of the company” and, without knowing what it was, Lambert took delivery.
“I was horrified, and the other councillors were equally horrified, that someone was in our office making the two-hour call,” he said.
The municipality has started an investigation into the sex call, and a report into it will be compiled.
Source: IOL