The Special Investigation Unit SIU says an uMkhonto weSizwe Party MKP councillor from Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal is among those accused of fraud.
This relates to fraudulent claims from the Unemployment Insurance Fund UIF Temporary Employees Relief Assistance Scheme TERS between March last year and June this year.
The SIU is conducting simultaneous raids at properties of individuals and businesses in KZN and Gauteng.