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A former municipal finance official was sentenced to five years in jail for fraud after she made fictitious payments to suppliers that never carried out any work for the municipality.
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The Durban Specialised Commercial Crimes Court has jailed a former municipal worker for five years for defrauding the Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma municipality of R1 million.
According to police, Rosemary Zebani Mabi, the former deputy chief financial officer at the municipality in Creighton, colluded with the financial clerk between July and November 2013 and made fictitious payments to suppliers who had not conducted any work.
The money was actually for her personal use.
“The municipality suffered a total loss of R1 010 000.