Malusi Booi

Cape Town's human settlements MMC Malusi Booi has been suspended after the police search and seizure operation at City of Cape Town offices.

The city has a zero-tolerance approach to fraud and corruption and will not hesitate to act in the interests of good governance.” “I have further assured the SAPS of the city’s full support in the investigation. “I have suspended councillor Booi from his position on the mayoral committee.

Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis took the decision following a raid on Booi's office by the police's provincial commercial crimes unit on Wednesday.

[following a raid on Booi's office](https://ewn.co.za/0001/01/01/geordin-hill-lewis-waiting-for-info-after-city-of-ct-mayco-member-office-raid) by the police's provincial commercial crimes unit on Wednesday. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis took the decision following a raid on Booi's office by the police's provincial commercial crimes unit on Wednesday. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis took the decision

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the matter relates to alleged fraud and corruption.

I have learned with alarm, upon confirmation by Executive Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis just after 8pm last night, of yesterday's raid by, apparently, the Commercial ...

I assure the people of the Western Cape, and of the City of Cape Town, that criminality will not derail the provision of houses, where the DA in the Western Cape leads all provinces. I assure the people of the Western Cape, and of the City of Cape Town, that criminality will not derail good governance. The impact of criminality on governance is a South African endemic which the Western Cape and DA governments everywhere have managed to curtail, if not eradicate.

While police have remained mum on what led them to raid the offices, anti-crime activists believe the operation was linked to a multimillion-rand tender ...

The City has a zero tolerance approach to fraud and corruption and will not hesitate to act in the interests of good governance,” said Hill-Lewis. They need to stop undermining the justice system because a warrant of search would not be granted if there was nothing. Full disclosure is demanded. As a result, I have suspended councillor Booi from his position on the mayoral committee. He said they were expecting another meeting with police in weeks to come and will reassess the situation following that meeting where he hopes to know the allegations. “The SAPS informed me this (Thursday) morning that the investigation is at an early stage, but is potentially serious and relates to alleged fraud and corruption (in human settlements), and that further details cannot be disclosed at this time.