Did DA Rowan Spies backhand cash when wife ANC Mayor?
Was Rowan Spies, the Knysna Democratic Alliance’s #1 candidate to the Eden District, involved in an ANC cash for jobs scheme? An auditing report raises serious questions. In 2011, when his wife, Eleanore Bouw-Spies, was the ANC Mayor of Knysna, Spies was the front-man for a company called Xylophone Investments. His partner was Estelle Gie, wife of a local businessman. Xylophone Investments was involved in two scandals in Bitou Municipality a.k.a. Plettenberg Bay. FALSE SUBMISSION? The first controversy was when the lessee of Moby Dick’s, a restaurant with a rare … Read the full article…