DA welcomes arrest of first municipal official in VBS crackdown
25 June 2020
The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the arrest of the first municipal official in the VBS crackdown.
The official reportedly faces charges of criminal financial misconduct under section 173 of the Municipal Finance Management Act.
The DA has made the point that far too few officials and councillors who breach their fiduciary duties have been prosecuted under section 173.
While charges such as fraud, corruption and money laundering are difficult to prove, evidence of financial misconduct in South Africa’s 267 municipalities is not in short supply.