It was all in taste of good stollen money and having a salary at the same time costing the department of education a huge loss.
Nomthandazo Delsie Khoza (41), Error Mosibudi Makutu (45), Patrick Ngobeni (40), Themba Confidence Khoza (42), Musa Brandon Mathebula (43) and Portia Khoza (44) were arrested on Monday by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team for 117 counts of fraud, corruption and money laundering.
It is alleged that between May 2019 and November 2020, Nomthandazo Khoza who is the mastermind in this case, was employed as an accounting clerk at the Department of Education in Bushbuckridge, Bohlabelo Region, responsible for payments of ex-employees and deceased beneficiaries.
Khoza thought she now owned the department’s money that she can do as she pleases decides who needs to gets share and not,how ever all was like a movie when she was arested with her acomplices. The alleged (Nomthandazo)colluded with Mosibudi who is an accounting clerk at the same Department and created fraudulent beneficiaries of late employees, then channelled payments thereof to themselves and their relatives’ personal bank accounts, causing an actual loss to the amount of R 3 010 475.44 to the Department.
The accused were charged and taken to Bushbuckridge Magistrate Court for first appearance. Bail for all the accused was applied and granted: Nomthandazo Khoza was set at R15 000.
Accused number 3 and 6 received bail amount of R5000 each and accused number 2,4 and 5 were released on an amount of R3000 each.
The case was postponed to 24 March 2022 for further investigation.
