In response, Jansen immediately responded to a point of order and said that she could not allow her name to be dragged through the mud without a valid reason.
She also insisted that evidence could be disclosed to her so that she could send it to her PA party management.
According to a letter in the possession of Oudtshoorn Courant, addressed to Jansen, she is charged with a "possible breach of the code of conduct for councillors". The letter states that "the investigation stems from an attempt to make the larger Oudtshoorn municipality part of the Central Karoo district municipality's planned proposal to the municipal demarcation board. "In this regard, this was an attempt to make Oudtshoorn, Kannaland and Touwsrivier to introduce at the Central Karoo District Municipality," reads the letter.
According to the letter, Jansen is given seven working days to respond. Allers was repeatedly requested by the ANC's chief whip, Zwelakhe TyaTya, Campher and Sylvester to disclose the nature of the investigation, to which Allers said that they should not 'worry' about the complaints.
Allers also made it clear that he was not going to discuss the complaints in the council, but that he was obliged by law to inform the council that an investigation would indeed follow.
Both Campher and Sylvester were totally taken aback by their implication and agreed that there was no prior communication with them regarding the complaints and that they find this unacceptable.
Sylvester also mentioned to the council that he finds it strange that the "investigation" comes against him right after he requested the provincial executive council (MEC) to launch a forensic investigation against the Oudtshoorn municipality for serious financial mismanagement and that it appears to be a tit-for-tat situation.
Oudtshoorn Courant could not confirm the nature of the complaints against Campher and Sylvester at press time. An inquiry about this has been sent to the municipality.