The Democratic Alliance has called the suspension of five municipal officials in George nothing more than a witch hunt.

Recently appointed mayor, Mercia Draghoender of the Independent Democrats (ID), suspended the municipal manager Cecil Africa and four others at the weekend.

The five were set to appear before a disciplinary hearing late on Wednesday - one of the accusations was that they mismanaged a four million rand project.

However, the DA’s Western Cape leader Theuns Botha said something just didn’t add up.

“It’s very alarming what’s going on there. It seems to me that the ID and the ANC is on a rampage there with what they’re doing and I’ve approached the minister of local government in the province to immediately investigate what is going on there.”

(Edited by Danya Philander)