Danville Smith

Danville Smith is a South African politician who served as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament for the African National Congress.

Smith was the ANC's spokesperson on local government.

[1][2] On 12 May 2021, Smith voluntarily stepped aside as a member of the provincial parliament, in line with the party's national executive committee resolution, as he has been charged with fraud and corruption.

He had allegedly stolen R25,000 by submitting a fraudulent food parcel invoice for a Mandela Day event, when he was a ward councillor in Lamberts Bay.

Smith is the first ANC politician in the Western Cape to have stepped aside from their position.