KNYSNA NEWS - The DA has laid charges of fraud and perjury against high-ranking political office bearers of the Knysna Municipality.

Dr Dion George, DA Constituency Head for Knysna, confirmed in a statement that the charges were laid today, Monday 5 December, at the Knysna police station against three members of the ruling ANC coalition in the Knysna Council and two municipal officials.

This follows a judgment in the Western Cape High Court last week in which Judge Robert Henney said a “fraud on the court” had been committed by respondents in an urgent application by the DA to stop the municipality from paying eight political appointees.

George said in a statement, “The DA will not stand by while the ANC/Patriotic Alliance/PBI/EFF Coalition of Corruption attempts to capture our town and steal hardworking ratepayers’ money to fund jobs for their political cronies”.

He called the judgment a “victory for democracy against cadre deployment and corruption that the DA will fight, tooth and nail, for”.

Read more on sister publication, Knysna-Plett Herald: Charges to be laid against Knysna Councillors

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