Responding to calls for MMCs JP Smith and Xanthea Limberg’s suspensions, Hill-Lewis told opposition party protesters that he had not seen sufficient evidence to warrant removing them from office.

This comes on the heels of a dramatic raid conducted by the South African Police Service (SAPS) at the office of Alderman Xanthea Limberg on January 24, 2025, which has incited a flurry of ...

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relating to the ongoing police investigation into tender fraud involving Smith and Xanthea Limberg. Smith, a member of the mayoral committee on safety and security in Cape Town, has claimed that the ...

We made it very clear that we do not wish to engage with SAPS on the merits of the case against Cape Town MMC’s JP Smith and Xanthea Limberg, as well as the subsequent counter case against DA Federal ...