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DA councillor arrested for allegedly defrauding food relief project A Cape Town ward councillor for Table View has been arrested on charges of fraud and money laundering relating to Covid-19relief funds totalling R170 000, according to the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks).  Democratic Alliance councillor Nora Grose handed herself over to the Hawks’ serious corruption investigation team in Atlantis before her first court appearance in the Atlantis magistrate’s court on Thursday.   Grose allegedly used the R170 000 intended for food distribution during the country’s Covid-19 hard lockdown for personal gain.  Explaining how the alleged crime was committed, Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani said that Grose, together with alleged collaborator Reuben Swartz, the chairperson of the NGO known as the South African Religious Civic Organisation, allegedly used the Temporary Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) funds for personal gain. 

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