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FS DA asks Hawks to investigate allegations of racketeering

───   07:13 Thu, 28 Aug 2014

FS DA asks Hawks to investigate allegations of racketeering | News Article

Ladybrand - The DA in the Free State has requested the Hawks to conduct investigations into allegations of racketeering involving Mantsopa Local Municipality officials.

The party’s chief whip, David van Vuuren, says a number of officials have bought low-cost land on the outskirts of Ladybrand for themselves and are now reselling it at a much higher price.
He says previously disadvantaged residents were to benefit from the land, which was evaluated at R5 per square metre. Van Vuuren says some of the officials, who bought this land for around R27 000 are now reselling it for R350 000, resulting in profits of over R320 000.
 
He says the council did not hold any public participation meetings, nor did they advertise the sale of land to tender.
Duane Petrus/OFM News

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