Councillors break the law

FAILING to help foreign nationals receive food parcels is not the first time a councillor has been found to be on the wrong side of the law during the lockdown.

In Mpumalanga, an ANC ward councillor was arrested twice after being found to have handed out fraudulent permits to spaza shop owners, and other informal traders.

Musawenkosi Masina, from the Steve Tshwete Local Municipality, was previously arrested on April 9, and released on warning.

His ANC membership was then suspended after he was found to have engaged in the same corrupt activity for a second time, the very next day. He is also facing criminal charges of fraud and corruption.

In North West, three councillors were also arrested for violating the lockdown regulations.

In Bojanala, Tryphosa Botlhokwane, deployed at the Moses Kotane Local Municipality, was suspended.

In the same region, Lerato Selebogo and Alfred Nyamane, both deployed in the Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality, were also suspended.

In KwaZulu-Natal, the mayor of Nkandla Thami Ntuli was also arrested, along with six officials. They were arrested at a taxi rank where Ntuli claims they were handing out food parcels.