Three Municipality employees jailed for stealing R3.5m News24.com
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The Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate s Court on Friday sentenced three Rand West Municipality employees to a combined 31 years for stealing R3.5 million from a workers savings scheme.
According to the National Prosecutions Authority, 47-year-old Jacky Tshabalala and two women - Letitia Mafuta, 51 and Anna Mdangane, 47 - had faced 16 counts of theft of R3.5 million between 2017 and 2018.
Tshabalala, who was employed in the payroll department and had direct access to the funds, was sentenced to 15 years. Mafuta and Mdangane were both sentenced to eight years, half of which was suspended for five years, on condition that they do not commit the same offence during the period of suspension, NPA regional spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane said in a statement.
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The so-called blue lights tender fraud case involving former police officers and a businessman has been postponed to 30 June.
The accused appeared in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Friday.
They face 392 charges, including fraud, corruption, theft and money laundering.
The Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate s Court has granted a further two-month postponement in the case against former senior police officers and a businessman allegedly involved in the fraudulent multimillion-rand blue lights tender.
The accused made a brief appearance in court on Friday and the case was postponed to 30 June, allowing the accused time to familiarise themselves with the contents of the dockets.
SARS Latest: Taxman swoops on errant tax payers
SARS is taking strong action against tax evaders and has made an example of a Gqebera businesswoman and a Cape Town Surgeon.
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has warned taxpayers that it will swoop on those who attempt to evade paying taxes.
And now SARS has made an example of a 45-year-old tax fraudster who has been convicted and sentenced for failing to pay up the taxes she owed, while requiring a Cape Town surgeon who owed taxes to conduct a dozen free operations on state patients.
Ruzaan Botha, the sole director of Botha Investment Holdings was convicted of tax fraud and sentenced in the Gqebera Specialised Commercial Crimes Court this week.
Company director fined R20K for failing to declare income to SARS
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Cape Town – The 45-year-old Ruzaan Botha, the sole director of Botha Investment Holdings cc, has been convicted and sentenced at the Gqebera Specialised Commercial Crimes Court.
It was alleged that between 2010 and 2014, Botha had failed to submit tax returns for the income of R728 157.62 she earned from the contracts she had with the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, the Hawks said in a statement on Friday.
The matter was reported to the Gqebera Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team. She was arrested on May 10, 2018 and made her first court appearance the next day, after which she was released on bail.
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