DA calls on SAPS to investigate opposition parties links to land grabs and extortion in WC
6 June 2023
The DA in the Western Cape calls on the South African Police Service (SAPS) to launch a full-fledged and urgent investigation into the allegations of opposition parties being connected and involved in land invasions and extortion throughout the province.
During a recent Sitting of the Western Cape Legislature on June 1st, Provincial Infrastructure Minister Tertuis Simmers shockingly revealed that his department has uncovered a deeply alarming trend. Since 2019, certain political parties have brazenly engaged in a calculated and coordinated campaign to encourage land grabs in the province, inflicting severe delays which affect approximately 21,000 beneficiaries.
Minister Simmers further exposed the audacious role played by these political parties, shamelessly instructing their members in these areas to obstruct department officials from carrying out crucial assessments.
This revelation also unearths a disturbing connection between certain political parties and deceptive business forums, shamelessly exploiting these acts of extortion to amass illicit funds from various sites in the Western Cape.