There are a number of government officials who found themselves on the wrong side of the law in the past year or who are set to face serious charges, most of them related to allegedly embezzling public funds.
Two former officials in Limpopo’s Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality and an alleged middleman were the latest to be arrested for the VBS Mutual Bank heist.
Former Thulamela municipality manager Hlengani Emmanuel Maluleke has been sentenced to five years in jail, suspended for the same period, for his role in the approval of an unlawful investment of municipal funds in VBS Mutual Bank.