PKTT arrests mayor, 2 senior officials of Western Cape municipality
South African authorities have arrested a mayor and two senior municipal officials in the Western Cape for alleged corruption involving a security contract. The arrests follow reports that the officials demanded kickbacks from a businessman to maintain his contract.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing efforts by South Africa's Political Killings Task Team to combat systemic municipal corruption and protect whistleblowers.
The Political Killings Task Team has arrested a mayor, a municipal manager, and a chief financial officer of a Western Cape municipality in connection with alleged corruption involving a security contract.
Police said the alleged corruption involved a security contract with a municipality on the province’s southern coast.
National police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe added that the arrests followed information that kickbacks were being demanded from a businessman who had been awarded the security contract in exchange for keeping it.
“It’s alleged that the businessman had already paid hundreds of thousands of rand out of fear that his security services contract would be terminated,” Mathe said.
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