EFF councillor in soup

CRIME: NO BAIL FOR OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF STEALING GUNS, SAYS ACTIONSA

Residents have service delivery problems and the councillor is behind bars. This cannot carry on forever.

Malebo Kobe ActionSA Limpopo spokesperson

He allegedly stole from the state and that should not be tolerated – spokesperson.

ActionSA in Limpopo says the Seshego Magistrate’s Court should deny bail for an Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) councillor accused of stealing guns, bullets and explosives from a police office in Polokwane.

Councillor Jacob Seshoka is expected to appear again in court today.

According to ActionSA, there are other crimes that councillor has been accused of, but had managed to evade.

ActionSA Limpopo spokesperson Malebo Kobe said if the court grants bail to Seshoka and his co-accused, this would send the wrong message to the community.

“If he gets bail, he could try to tamper with evidence, and what kind of message would that send to the community? He (allegedly) stole from the state and that should not be tolerated,” she said.

Kobe said ActionSA would be appealing to the Polokwane municipal council and the EFF to have the councillor removed from official duties and call for fresh by-elections.

“Residents have service delivery problems and the councillor is behind bars. This cannot carry on forever,” Kobe said.

She said ActionSA was shocked that the EFF had remained mum on the issue, even though the matter had been in the public domain for some time.

“Why are they not saying anything about what their councillor did? This is a problem because we cannot have (alleged) unethical leaders,” she said.

Seshoka will be making his second attempt at a bail application as he was not successful in his last appearance. The ward that he is in charge of is in the same cluster of wards where EFF leader Julius Malema comes from.

Polokwane is an essential home ground for the EFF and the leadership of the party has placed a strong emphasis on getting members there.