GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - DA leader John Steenhuisen and Federal Executive chair Helen Zille have been asked to step in at Garden Route District Municipality to solve what is alleged to be “serious governance issues”.

Zille says she has responded to the Garden Route Ratepayers’ Alliance, but did not elaborate.

GRDM Mayor Memory Booysen and Municipal Manager Monde Stratu have been named by the ratepayers as central figures in the “worrying events” taking place.

Steve Pattinson, chairperson of the ratepayers alliance told Steenhuisen and Zille there were "voluminous" documents doing the rounds. 

"While we cannot vouch for their provenance, they raise substantial concerns for our constituents and we believe that you need to intervene with urgency.”

Follow this story by Chris van Gass in this week’s Knysna-Plett Herald and online.

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