Swellendam corruption completed, what next?
Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit · 4 June 2026 · 7m
Speaker 1: This is capital. It's about a year almost exactly to the year. We spoke to Speaker 1: Mickey Men's who's a citizen journalist and the editor of New sixty two. It's a Speaker 1: local hyper local news outfits in the in the Swellen Dum area. We spoke him Speaker 1: on the fifth of June twenty twenty five, and that's when he raised concerns about Speaker 1: alleged irregularities at the Swell and Dam Municipalities traffic department, including a controversial roadblock that Speaker 1: he reported on where a private company allegedly collected traffic fines without the proper legal Speaker 1: oh FA site. Those allegations expanded into broader claims of municipal mis management and questionable Speaker 1: procurement practices. There was also a story is about weak financial controls and in this Speaker 1: year of a local government election, we must talk about our local municipalities. Mickey mens Speaker 1: is the editor of News sixty two dot co dot Zeta joins me on the Speaker 1: line. Mackey, take us back exactly a year ago where the story started. What raised Speaker 1: your suspicions? Remind us about that roadblock operation and issues at the traffic department. Speaker 2: Ah. Yes, morning Lester, and morning to your listeners. It was basically a situation where Speaker 2: members of the community started becoming concerned about the frequency of the roadblocks and the Speaker 2: procedures there. And yes, from that investigation was launched and yes, a year later, looks Speaker 2: like we're getting some results back from this. Speaker 1: Your issues at the time was that, yes, there was a roadblock, people were being Speaker 1: directed to a caravan where they could pay, but there was no court official. There Speaker 1:…
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