The accused Vincent Mkhefa (46), Mandla Mamba (49), Ntsoaki Molapo (41), Mandla Mrwebi (57), Leutsoa Mrwebi (57) appeared before the Reitz Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 13 December 2021 where they faced allegations of fraud, corruption, money laundering, uttering, forgery and contravening the municipal finance management act.
It is alleged that during the period of March 2010 until June 2011 Mkhefa the former CFO of Nketoane Local Municipality Appointed a service provider owned by Molapo known as Kabelo Laundry Services without following procurement processes for skills development workshop and no services were rendered by the service provider. He further appointed a service provider owned by Mandla Mrwebi and Leutsoa Mrwebi known as Mamatse trading close corporation without following procurement processes for installation of electricity meters by submitting fraudulent delivery notes whilst the electricity meters were still at the manufacturer.
As a result of these fraudulent activities, the Nketoane Local Municipality was prejudiced and suffered a total loss of more than R2 million. The matter was reported to the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team based in Bloemfontein. The trio was arrested yesterday and made their first appearance in court together with Mamba and Mkhefa who were sentenced to eight years of direct imprisonment on another matter.
The case has been remanded to 12 January 2022 for legal representation. Molapo, Mandla Mrwebi, and Leutsoa Mrwebi were granted R5000 bail each whilst Mamba and Mkhefa are in custody.