As part of a protracted investigation into alleged fraudulent and corrupt activities at the City of Cape Town’s human settlements directorate, the Western Cape SAPS commercial crimes unit detectives with the Anti-Gang Unit’s organised crime investigators swooped on a location in the Eastern Cape where they arrested a 46 year old suspect on Monday evening. The arrest follows an investigation initiated by commercial crimes detectives that saw the investigators descending on the City of Cape Town offices in March 2023 and seizing a number of items as part of their probe.

Meanwhile as this investigation unfolds, another team from the same police units also arrested three other suspects in Johannesburg early on Tuesday morning.

With the take-down operation progressing four other suspects were also arrested in Cape Town on Tuesday.

All four suspects arrested outside of Cape Town are currently being brought to Cape Town where they are expected to join other suspects and appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s court
on Wednesday on charges that relate to money laundering, racketeering, corruption and extortion fraud.

The arrests are seen as a significant milestone in this major investigation with the suspects charged and brought before court.

The possibility of further arrests in the matter cannot be ruled out.

Source: South African Police Service