Danville Smith Explained

Danville Smith
Office:Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Term Start:22 May 2019
Term End:28 May 2024
Nationality:South African
Party:African National Congress
Occupation:Politician
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Danville Smith is a South African politician who served as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament for the African National Congress. Smith was the ANC's spokesperson on local government.[1] [2]

On 12 May 2021, Smith voluntarily stepped aside as a member of the provincial parliament, in line with the party's national executive committee resolution, as he has been charged with fraud and corruption. He had allegedly stolen R25,000 by submitting a fraudulent food parcel invoice for a Mandela Day event, when he was a ward councillor in Lamberts Bay. Smith is the first ANC politician in the Western Cape to have stepped aside from their position.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hon Danville Smith . Western Cape Provincial Parliament . 19 October 2020.
  2. News: Van Diemen . Ethan . ANC accepts DA's offer of Scopa chair in Western Cape legislature . 19 October 2020 . News24 . 30 May 2019.
  3. News: Charles . Marvin . Danville Smith the first ANC member in the Western Cape to step aside . 25 May 2021 . News24 . 13 May 2021.