Question NW2711 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
15 September 2023 - NW2711
Opperman, Ms G to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether, with reference to the presentation made by the Hawks to the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs regarding councillors who have been implicated in local government corruption activities since 2019, her department will provide the total number of councillors who were (a) under investigation, (b) charged, (c) not successfully prosecuted, (d) successfully prosecuted and (e ) sentenced for local government corruption activities; if not; if so, what are relevant details?
Reply:
The response below was provided by the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigations (DPCI). Accordingly, I have been advised as follows:
a) A total of 29 cases involving Councillors are being investigated by the DPCI as of 05 September 2023. Details on the status of the 29 cases are provided below:
|
Total no of cases involving Cllrs |
Number of cases under investigation |
No of cases in court |
No of caes pending decision from the NPA. |
|
29 |
10 |
13 |
6 |
b) A total of twenty-six (26) Councillors have been charged since 2019. Below are the details:
|
Province |
Number of Councillors charged |
|
Eastern Cape |
1 |
|
Free State |
1 |
|
Gauteng |
1 |
|
KwaZulu Natal |
8 |
|
Limpopo |
0 |
|
Mpumalanga |
4 |
|
Norrhern Cape |
1 |
|
North West |
2 |
|
Western Cape |
8 |
|
Total |
26 |
c) Awaiting response from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).
d) Same as above.
e) Same as above.
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