Durban container scam accused granted bail
A Durban shipping industry professional is faced more than 140 charges including fraud, corruption, forgery, theft, uttering and money laundering in the Special Commercial Crimes Court in Durban on Tuesday.
A Durban shipping industry professional who is facing more than 140 charges including fraud, corruption, forgery, theft, uttering and money laundering appeared briefly for a bail application in the Special Commercial Crimes Court in Durban on Tuesday.
Cindy Saunders, 36, is facing the raft of charges after she allegedly defrauded her previous shipping industry employer of millions of rands. Terrence Raju is a second accused in the matter.
eThekwini city manager wants bail conditions relaxed
By Karen Singh
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DURBAN – EThekwini city manager Sipho Nzuza has gone to court seeking to have his bail conditions reviewed in order to return to work.
The matter was heard in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court yesterday and is being opposed by the State. The matter was adjourned to today.
Nzuza was arrested early last year in connection with a R430 million Durban Solid Waste (DSW) tender fraud and corruption case with Zandile Gumede and other high-ranking city officials. Nzuza’s wife, Bagcinele Cynthia Nzuza, is also facing charges in connection with the matter.
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Ex-EPRU deputy president Bantwini Matika and former vice-president Chico Februarie were arrested by the Hawks on Thursday and appeared in court on charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering.
They were among five people in total whom the Hawks arrested for their involvement in an alleged attempt to defraud the union of over R450 000 in Lotto grant funding.
EPRU commissioned retired judge Lex Mpati to inquire into the matter, whose findings have been detailed by Sport24.
Former Eastern Province Rugby Union (EPRU) deputy president
Bantwini Matika was among three former union rugby administrators who were arrested by the Hawks on Thursday for allegedly attempting to defraud the union.
Limpopo businessmen accused of corruption out on R50K bail
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The men met with a Special Investigation Unit investigator at a hotel in Polokwane, and gave a R300,000 bribe which led to their arrest.
Two Limpopo businessmen, aged 44 and 34 respectively, on Monday, appeared in the Mankweng Magistrate’s Court on a charge of corruption.
The Director of Public Prosecutions’ Regional Spokesperson, Mashudu Malabi-Dzhangi said the men were arrested by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation on 13 November 2019.
“They were arrested after they allegedly bribed a Special Investigation Unit investigator to exclude a part in a report that recommended their company be charged criminally for corruption. They further asked the SIU member to reduce the amount to be paid back,” she explained.
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An Eastern Cape woman who paid local women to marry foreign nationals by issuing fake marriage certificates has been convicted of fraud and corruption.
Women were paid between R200 and R300 each to marry Bangladeshi nationals. Other women were unaware they were married to foreign nationals.
The matter has been postponed to 18 February for sentencing.
An Eastern Cape woman who paid local women to marry foreign nationals by issuing fake marriage certificates was convicted of fraud and corruption in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday.
Nomabandla Manjezi, 47, was found guilty on four counts of corruption and two counts of fraud. The matter was postponed to 18 February for sentencing.