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South Africa: Former Lepelle Water CEO to remain behind bars
Former Lepelle Northern Water Board Chief Executive Officer, Phineas Kgahlisho Legodi, was on Monday remanded in custody by the Polokwane Magistrate Court following arrest related to a R45 million tender fraud.
Legodi was over the weekend arrested by the Hawks along with the board’s chairperson of the Bid Evaluation Committee (BEC), Gwako Micheal Moseamedi, and businessman, Emanuel Matome Sefalafala.
In a statement, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said the three were joined by Falaz General Trading and Construction (Pty) Ltd on charges of fraud, alternatively theft, forgery and uttering, with Legodi facing an additional charge of contravention of the Public Finance Management Act.
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Former Lepelle Northern Water Board CEO Phineas Legodi, chairperson of the Bid Evaluation Committee Gwako Moseamedi, and businessman Matome Sefalafala were arrested by the Hawks over the weekend in connection with tender fraud.
They appeared before the Polokwane Magistrate s Court on Monday, facing charges of fraud, alternatively theft, forgery, and uttering.
The case was postponed to Thursday for a bail application.
Former Lepelle Northern Water Board Chief Executive Officer Phineas Legodi, the chairperson of the bid evaluation committee, Gwako Moseamedi, and businessman Matome Sefalafala appeared before the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court in connection with tender fraud totalling R45 million.
News24 Wire Phineas Legodi, Gwako Moseamedi, and businessman Matome Sefalafala face charges of fraud, alternatively theft, forgery, and uttering. Picture: ANA
The three were arrested by the Hawks over the weekend, and their Monday appearance in court was brief.
According to National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Sipho Ngwema – Legodi, Moseamedi, and Sefalafala, together with Falaz General Trading and Construction (Pty) Ltd, face charges of fraud, alternatively theft, forgery, and uttering.
Legodi faces an additional charge of contravention of the Public Finance Management Act.
“It is alleged that in 2018 the Lepelle Northern Water Board advertised a tender in the Limpopo Province for the collection, removal and disposal of hazardous waste management in 2018.