WESTERN CAPE. – The mayor, municipal manager and financial head of Knysna Municipality have been arrested in connection with alleged corruption of a security contract. Knysna Municipality confirmed in a statement that two senior officials and a former councillor were arrested by police earlier in the afternoon for questioning.
Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, national police spokesperson, says the task team for political murders (TTPM) arrested the three after receiving information that a businessman to whom the contract was awarded was allegedly approached for a bribe in exchange for its continuation. According to police, the businessman has already paid hundreds of thousands of rand because he feared his contract would be terminated. The three face charges of corruption and are expected to appear in court on Monday.
The municipality indicated that it has no further information or comment at this stage. Police did not release the municipality's name in its statement, but the municipality's own statement indicates the incident is linked to Knysna.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
