Councillor Joseph Molamu and his arch-enemy, Kgosi Obert Thutlwa have confirmed separately that they have been grilled by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crimes (DCEC) sleuths over ‘issues affecting’ the village. Thutlwa said DCEC officials came to him and questioned him on what he called “unprocedural acts that the councillor made the community to engage in so that they can access LIMID funding”.
“The councillor said a lot of things at a kgotla meeting and I had to stand up in the same forum to defend myself,” the Kgosi says. The two leaders are feuding over a piece of land the councillor says belongs to a community trust. The Kgosi has dismissed the councillor’s claims saying there is no trust. The councillor says DCEC officials came to him and interviewed him on the appeal he made during a recent Kgotla meeting when he accused Kgosi Thutlwa of snatching a piece of land from the community. “I am yet to hear from DCEC,” he said Tuesday.
