WSU student Sibongile Mani set to appeal sentence
Walter Sisulu University student Sibongile Mani is set to launch an appeal against the five-year jail sentence imposed on her by the Eastern Cape Regional Court.
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Walter Sisulu University student Sibongile Mani is set to launch an appeal against the five-year jail sentence imposed on her by the Eastern Cape Regional Court.
The student who has been convicted of the theft of NSFAS funds has arrived at the East London Magistrate’s Court for her sentencing, carrying a bag of clothes in case she is sent to prison.
Walter Sisulu University student Sibongile Mani has been sentenced to five years in jail for the theft of more than R800 000 in NSFAS funds. Members of the gallery were teary while Mani stood unmoved in the dock as East London regional court magistrate Twanett Olivier delivered the judgment. Olivier had said that a suspended sentence was not suitable and warned of “misplaced pity” and that Mani was not a victim.
Sibongile Mani, a Walter Sisulu University education honours degree student, has been sentenced to five years in jail for the theft of more than R800,000 in National Student Financial Aid Scheme funds.
Sibongile Mani, the WSU student has been sentenced to five years in jail for the theft of more than R800,000 of NSFAS funds.