Badih Chaaban
Badih Chabaan is a PR councilor in the Cape Town City Council (Subcouncil 17 (Athlone & District)). He was a member of the Africa Muslim Party (AMP) when he was named councilor in August 2006 but later crossed the floor to establish the National People's Party (NPP), which Chabaan leads as president. In November 2015 Chabaan announced his intention to resign from politics and hand over leadership of the NPP to his daughter.[1]
Chabaan was controversial for both his role in floor crossing politics within Cape Town politics and for the lease he held on trading in Greenmarket Square. For 15 years from the mid-1990s until 2007 Greenmarket Square Chaaban held a lease on 83% of the square[2] and owed the city R3.3 million.[3] Chaaban's lease was cancelled in 2007 amid accusations of mismanagement, racketeering, and corruption.[4][5]
External links
- ID CHALLENGE ZILLE OVER APPOINTMENT OF NEW COUNCILLOR BADIH CHAABAN
- Battle hots up over the future of Greenmarket square
- Dyantyi orders fresh probe against Badih
- 'Zille instigated probe into Badih Chaaban'
References
- ↑ "Badih Chaaban exits politics | IOL". Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ↑ "Muslim Party might discipline Chaaban". The M&G Online. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ↑ "Cape Town plans new life for ‘tired’ Greenmarket Square". yourproperty.co.za. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ↑ "Cape Town plans new life for ‘tired’ Greenmarket Square". yourproperty.co.za. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ↑ FERREIRA, ANTON. "Cops to Chaaban: It ain't your square no more". Times LIVE. Retrieved 2016-11-19.