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The FF Plus in Gauteng has requested the MEC for local government in Gauteng to urgently launch an investigation into the alleged irregularities and maladministration in the DA controlled municipality of Midvaal in Gauteng.

This request is being directed in terms of Section 106 of the Municipal Systems Act to hand a written notice to the Midvaal Municipality and to launch an investigation into issues which is pointed out in the FF Plus' document. In the document allegations of maladministration, fraud, corruption and other serious malpractices are made which have been occurring since October 2005 and is still continuing.

Various reports on alleged maladministration have in recent times appeared in the media. It is a disgrace that an opposition party which is in control in a specific municipality allow such malpractices. This was the comment of Mr. Jaco Mulder, MPL and FF Plus leader in Gauteng.

The worst part of it all is that the leader of the DA and Premier in the Western Cape, Ms. Helen Zille, calls for clean administration on public stages and state that DA controlled municipalities are free of corruption. Ms. Helen Zille and other senior leaders in the DA has for some time been aware of the malpractices in the Midvaal municipality but neglects to act. The DA has rather opted to suspend the whistle-blowers and tried to cover the issues this way.

Mr. Kobus Hoffman, former member of the mayoral committee in Midvaal and other officials have been suspended and victimised after they started asking questions about irregularities in the council. The FF Plus acts as a service delivery watchdog and will protect the interests of taxpayers in South Africa at all costs.

The Public Protector, the SAPD and the Law Society are all busy with their own investigations with regards to these practices.