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Former Mahikeng municipal manager Hennie Smit was released on R150,000 bail. The conditions include that he does not interfere with state witnesses and inform the investigating officer if he travels outside Gauteng, where he lives.
Dr Lekalakala is facing two charges of contravening the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and two of fraud.
Former North West health department head Lydia Keneilwe Sebego, 63, the department’s chief director Vuyo Mbulawa, 54, and service provider Roulgh Lotwane Mabe, 69, made their first appearance in an R86m fraud case in the Molopo magistrate’s court in Mmabatho on Friday.
All five suspects are facing charges of dealing drugs.
Two suspects, who were arrested in a sting operation by the Hawks’ Serious