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Ex-Keetmans mayor sings like a canary…. claims tender irregularities

Dalene Kooper KEETMANSHOOP – Former Keetmanshoop mayor Francis Melody Swartbooi did not hold back yesterday when spilling the beans, claiming the Landless People’s Movement’s top brass forced her into awarding a municipal project to a preferred contractor. When she refused to give in, Swartbooi claims, the party showed her the door. Swartbooi was speaking at... The post Ex-Keetmans mayor sings like a canary…. claims tender irregularities appeared first on New Era .

New Era17 Jun 2026, 09:29 am
Ex-Keetmans mayor sings like a canary…. claims tender irregularities

Dalene Kooper

KEETMANSHOOP – Former Keetmanshoop mayor Francis Melody Swartbooi did not hold back yesterday when spilling the beans, claiming the Landless People’s Movement’s top brass forced her into awarding a municipal project to a preferred contractor.

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When she refused to give in, Swartbooi claims, the party showed her the door.

Swartbooi was speaking at a media briefing aimed at giving her side of the story.

The dispute centred around a water meter procurement tender for the town as well as plans to renovate the Homs-Ai Open Market, situated between the Tseiblaagte and Krönlein locations in Keetmanshoop.

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Originally published by New Era on 17 Jun 2026, 09:29 am. View original article
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