Official in soup

26 May 2010 - 02:00
By Anna Majavu

A CAPE Town DA councillor faces the axe after promising people government houses in exchange for payment.

A CAPE Town DA councillor faces the axe after promising people government houses in exchange for payment.

Charlotte Tabisher, the DA councillor for Athlone, in Cape Town, was fined R10000 for extorting money from members of the public in exchange for state-subsidised houses.

On the charge of fraud, the disciplinary committee recommended that she be fired.