ANC Mayor resigns amid step-aside rule
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POLITICAL parties in the JB Marks Local Municipality will be hard at work to secure the mayorship of the municipality on May 14, following the resignation of mayor, Kgotso Khumalo.
Khumalo was charged with fraud and corruption along with two other municipal officials in October last year, for allegedly siphoning R5 million of municipal funds and channelling them into their personal accounts.
The North West ANC had sent several letters since October asking Khumalo to step aside as per an ANC national executive committee (NEC) decision on those facing criminal charges in courts of law.
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Wonder Mgude is set to appear in the Bellville Serious Commercial Crime Court on Thursday on 118 counts of fraud.
He was first arrested in October 2017.
He s said to have been on the run since March 2019.
An alleged serial bank card scammer has been arrested and faces over 100 charges, after being on the run since March 2019.
Wonder Mgude, 35, was arrested by the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Unit on Wednesday in Stikland, Western Cape and faces 118 charges relating to conspiracy to commit fraud and forgery to the tune of over R100 000 in contravention of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act.