Corruption allegations in municipality

THE ANC in Theewaterskloof Municipality has accused DA councillors of covering-up allegations of corruption and other wrongdoing against senior DA members and officials on the council and using local government MEC Anton Bredell’s office to fight their battles.

Theewaterskloof council’s ANC whip, Raymond Nongxaza, said the ANC would lodge a formal complaint with the police about corruption at the municipality involving the previous DA-led administration.

Nongxaza singled out former Mayco member and current DA constituency chairperson Martie Koegelenberg, whom he accused of overstepping her powers.

The ANC and the DA are engaged in tit-for-tat allegations of corruption in Theewaterskloof Municipality, with each party accusing members of the other of corrupt activities.

On Monday, Koegelenberg accused ANC Mayco members on the council of spending more than R4.3 million on VIP security.

In May, MEC Bredell wrote to the municipality giving officials there a deadline to respond to a letter in which he informed them that he was in possession of damaging information and gave them a chance to respond.

The allegations against the municipality in Bredell’s letter, leaked on social media, were about the payment of acting allowances to municipal staffers and the irregular appointment of nine people, among others.