{"id":8010,"date":"2013-07-29T09:49:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T09:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=8010"},"modified":"2013-07-29T09:49:17","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T09:49:17","slug":"anc-councillor-charged-with-selling-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=8010","title":{"rendered":"ANC councillor charged with selling jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8011\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/buffalocity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8011\" alt=\"Jobs for sale in Buffalo City\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/buffalocity.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/buffalocity.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/buffalocity-70x40.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jobs for sale in Buffalo City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An ANC councillor in East London, in the Eastern Cape, has been charged with theft for allegedly selling council jobs, according to a report on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A jobseeker could reportedly secure work as a cleaner, grass cutter, admin clerk or driver for between R500 and R1 500, said Dispatch Online.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last week, angry Mdantsane residents visited the home of the councillor to ask about the promised jobs at the Buffalo City metro. They found a bag of job resumes under a bed<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Warrant Officer Hazel Mqala reportedly confirmed to the online news site that a docket has been opened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It reported that the councillor had denied the allegations, and claimed they were part of a political smear campaign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No arrests had been made yet. &#8211; Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ANC councillor in East London, in the Eastern Cape, has been charged with theft for allegedly selling council jobs, according to a report on Monday. A jobseeker could reportedly secure work as a cleaner, grass cutter, admin clerk or driver for between R500 and R1 500, said Dispatch Online. Last week, angry Mdantsane residents &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=8010\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ANC councillor charged with selling jobs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[4421,3048,219,3047],"class_list":["post-8010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-south-africa","tag-anc-councillor","tag-buffalo-city","tag-corruption","tag-east-london"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/buffalocity.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8010"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8013,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8010\/revisions\/8013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}