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A pensioner has appeared in court on a charge of fraud after allegedly spending a R255,000 Road Accident Fund payout meant to compensate a relative injured in a minibus taxi accident.

The investigation into whether Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary van Niekerk breached the code of conduct for councillors has stalled as the EFF has disputed the legitimacy of the election of DA councillor Rano Kayser to chair the ad hoc committee.

Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya says a number of arrests and convictions of people involved in money laundering, corruption and fraud were secured through the Fusion Centre.

Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya says the centre that was set up to deal with the misappropriation of Covid relief funds has so far investigated over 550 cases of fraud, maladministration, tax evasion and corruption.

A former health department employee convicted of faking his matric certificate to gain employment has been sentenced to two years of correctional supervision.

Pressure is mounting on the cash-strapped Buffalo City Metro to account for its ballooning spending on several multimillion-rand projects, most of which were either completed late or are still awaiting completion, and need even more money.While the metro is cutting back on overtime and fleet vehicle costs, and desperately trying to recoup money spent on the Settlers Way upgrade, the city has unveiled its now controversial Court Crescent project which has caused an uproar over its price tag.

The two men who killed off-duty policeman Const Zolani Zuma at the height of the July 2021 unrest have been sentenced in the Durban high court.

Thirteen suspected illegal immigrants are expected to appear in the Klerksdorp magistrate's court on Monday after their arrest at a disused mine.

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