Akani Nkuna
The offices of two Mayoral Committee members in Cape Town were raided on Friday by the Police Commercial Crimes Unit during a search and seizure operation as part of an investigation into suspected housing tender irregularities and corruption within the city’s construction sector.
The offices raided were that of mayoral committee members, Alderman JP Smith, the MMC for Safety and Security, and Xanthea Limberg, the MMC for Water and Sanitation.
Police spokesperson Colonel André Traut said that the operation is linked to ongoing forensic investigations related to a court case involving multiple municipal officials and business owners facing charges.
The investigation focuses on alleged tender fraud amounting to over a billion rand within the City of Cape Town municipality.
“Further investigations into tender fraud in the construction sector within the City of Cape Town municipality have seen Western Cape SAPS Provincial Commercial Crimes investigators descending on the Municipality’s
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