JP Smith situation not similar to Malusi Booi case: DA – SABC News [Video]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Western Cape says it is observing the unfolding situation in the City of Cape Town following a raid on Friday at the offices of Mayco Members JP Smith and Xanthea Limberg.

Police say they are conducting further probes into housing tender fraud in the construction sector within the Cape Town municipality.

Smith is the Mayco member for Safety and Security in the city as well as deputy Federal Chairperson of the party’s national structure.

DA Western Cape leader, Tertius Simmers says while there is ample speculation, there is also a lot of vagueness around the matter.

Simmers says he also had a conversation with Smith, who gave his version of what transpired during the raid.

“The police did come, the document which they showed to his office staff was quite unclear to be quite honest. They just took random cellphones, laptops, documentation, some of those documentation was not even …