Key details revealed in Cape Town contract fraud probe

THE City of Cape Town has revealed that contacts to the value of R1.6 billion as cited by the police was not money lost but forms part of the ongoing investigation following the major intelligence-driven seizure operation of 26 addresses across the Cape Town metropolitan.

- GENEVIEVE SERRA

City spokesperson, Luthando Tyhalibongo said: “The amounts cited by the SAPS does not pertain to money that has been lost.

“This is the total value of contracts which SAPS stated are under investigation, and not the quantum of alleged fraud.”

Following the search and seizure operation, whistleblowers and politicians called for an independent audit and an investigation by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU).

The investigation is believed to have been initiated by a whistleblower.

The police spokesperson, Colonel Andre Traut, on Wednesday detailed that the intervention followed information received from a whistleblower and subsequent preliminary investigations was conducted by both the City of Cape Town Municipality and SAPS.