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Former Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz.
Former Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz.
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Senior DA leaders and officials in the Western Cape Government turned a blind eye to allegations of former Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz sexually assaulting young female employees for months before acting against him.

Impeccable sources told News24 that senior officials in the provincial department of community safety were informed of the allegations against Fritz in August last year.

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