AN INVESTIGATOR of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) finds himself in the middle of the on-going controversial Rehoboth corruption saga.

The charge of alleged corruption laid against the Town Council’s CEO, Theo Jankowski, exposed the role of the treasurer of the Josua Generations Committee (JGC), “DJ” Karl Cloete, who was also tasked to assist in the investigation.

“I am not aware that Mr Cloete is a member of such a committee,” ACC Director Paulus Noa told Informanté. JGC, on which members of the United People’s Movement (UPM) serve, requested for the dissolution of the council, and that charges of mismanagement and incompetence be laid against Jankowski.

The ACC investigated the allocation of a tender to surface roads in Rehoboth to a local company, Orren Trading, in which Jankowski was accused of not declaring his interest, and also that the tender board rules were not followed correctly by Maketo Construction. This company’s tender, which conducted the work last year, was unanimously rejected by the local tender board.

Noa confirmed that Cloete was assisting in the investigation and that he later confirmed to be part of the JGC, who already wanted to get rid of Jankowski last year.

“But keep in mind that he was only a secondary investigator and had declared his interest to the deputy director, Adv. Erna van der Merwe. In a certain sense I must agree with you that there might have been a conflict of interest,” Noa told Informanté.

The charge against Jankowski is that he corruptly used his office or position in a public body to obtain gratification for himself or another person.

The case, which was opened on 27 May, will be heard for the first time at the Rehoboth magistrate court on Monday.