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Part 4: DA, Rowan Spies, Knysna Mayor & Public Protector

Mike Hampton Posted on by

Dear Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, this is the full FOURTH COMPLAINT of corruption as submitted to the Eden District office of the Public Protector. Democratic Alliance Eden District Councillor Rowan Spies is the ex-husband of Democratic Alliance Knysna Mayor Eleonore Spies. He seems to be ex-husband in title only as they live and act together as a married couple. The only visible difference in their relationship is that they are now both politicians and both have switched from the ANC to the DA. She was previously the ANC Mayor when … Read the full article…

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Did DA Rowan Spies backhand cash when wife ANC Mayor?

Mike Hampton Posted on by

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…

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