Cape Town - National Coloured Congress (NCC) leader, Fadiel Adams, has made good on his word to lodge a complaint against chairperson of the Federal Council of the DA, Helen Zille.
Adams on Monday showed-up promptly at Cape Town Central Police Station at 8am to lodge the complaint of defeating the ends of justice against Zille.
The complaint comes after concerns were raised following comments by Zille claiming prior knowledge of the raids conducted at the offices of two City of Cape Town mayco members, JP Smith and Xanthea Limberg.
Zille was responding to a news outlet about the raids conducted at the civic centre on Friday, at the offices of Safety and Security boss and DA’s deputy federal chairperson, Smith, and Limberg, the mayco member for Energy.
SAPS spokesperson, André Traut, confirmed that a case was opened and is under investigation.
“This office can confirm that a defeating the ends of justice case was registered (yesterday) morning at Cape Town Central police station pertaining to the partial case number cited in your enquiry. The circumstances are being investigated,” Traut said.
“Kindly be advised that the identities of the parties concerned cannot be disclosed by SAPS.”
Adams said that Zille “does have a case to answer for in my opinion.
“She has confessed that she has been tipped off into the investigation into the alleged criminality of Alderman JP Smith. That is a contravention of the law. We presume it’s a policeman (who) has given her information that could have allowed them to destroy whatever they needed to.”
He also drew attention to the perceived double standards between how the DA has handled the matter of Smith versus that of former DA Mayco Malusi Booi, who is embroiled in a R1 billion tender corruption case.
Taking to social media, Zille said: “Radio broadcasts are reporting the absurd claim that I should be charged with ‘defeating the ends of justice’ in relation to the police search of JP Smith’s office.
“The chief accusers are Brett Herron and Fadiel Adams. Their argument is that, as I was tipped off last year about a possible search of JP’s office, I could have warned him to destroy any incriminating evidence. This is absurd because it was JP Smith who tipped me off.
“I have stated this publicly, repeatedly. Yet they continue to argue that I tipped JP Smith off about something that he had tipped me off about.
“My real question is: Knowing this, as they should, why do the media even entertain this nonsense?
“Finally, the police and criminal justice system have important work to do, and politicians trying to score points against an opponent, should not waste their time.”