GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - Former Garden Route District Municipality Mayor and now DA Western Cape MPL, Memory Booysen, is under investigation by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), known as the Hawks.

Lieutenant-Colonel Siyabulela Vukubi, the Western Cape spokesperson for the Hawks, has confirmed the investigation. It relates to alleged transgressions by Booysen over "irregular remuneration approval and failure in oversight" while GRDM mayor.

"The matter is under investigation. No further comments," said Vukubi.

Questions were put to Vukubi following a media release on 21 June by Khalid Sayed, the ANC’s provincial spokesperson, calling on the DA to address the matter urgently.

"The ANC is troubled by the allegations of contraventions of the Municipal Finance Management Act and the GRDM dismissed these complaints.

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