Invoice for the suspicious door-to-door Covid-19 campaign in OR Tambo municipality, Eastern Cape. Picture: Twitter / @BlessingsRamoba
Bigger, white-collar corruption goes on with little to no action, while petty criminals who steal a loaf of bread in a shop are pounced on with fierce vim and vigour, the Congress of the People’s national spokesperson Dennis Bloem says. “Money that was supposed to provide clean drinking water to hundreds of people in the OR Tambo District Municipality was allegedly claimed for a so-called Covid-19 awareness campaign.“[Police Minister Bheki] Cele must explain why is it so difficult for the police to act against these thugs, but very quick to arrest common criminals. The prisons are overcrowded with petty criminals, whilst all the white-collar criminals are roaming the streets and are still busy emptying the coffers of the state.
The OR Tambo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape has been marred by corruption allegations as R170 million was allegedly paid to a bulk water service provider, without any work being done in exchange.
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