News24 | Top municipal officials face probe over suspicious 'state trip' to France during Rugby World Cup

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Theewaterskloof deputy mayor John Michels (R) and municipality council speaker Derick Appel are seen at Cape Town International Airport ahead of the Rugby World Cup finals.

Theewaterskloof deputy mayor John Michels (R) and municipality council speaker Derick Appel are seen at Cape Town International Airport ahead of the Rugby World Cup finals.

Local government MEC Anton Bredell's efforts to get answers about the suspicious Rugby World Cup trip of two senior officials from the embattled Theewaterskloof Municipality have been frustrated.

The municipality's deputy mayor, John Michels, of the GOOD Party, and the council Speaker, Derick Appel, jetted off to France in October, just in time for the Rugby World Cup final.

The DA's Isaac Sileku lodged a complaint with the Provincial Treasury to probe whether public funds were used.

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