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News24 reports that the former municipal manager of the Nkomazi Local Municipality in Malelane, Muzi Daniel Ngwenya, has been granted R10,000 bail following his arrest on fraud allegations surrounding the purchase of a Mercedes-Benz.
The 55-year-old Ngwenya was arrested by the Hawks' Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit on Friday, and faces charges of fraud, theft and contravening the Municipal Finance Management Act. According to Hawks spokesperson Captain Dineo Sekgotodi, Ngwenya's arrest followed an investigation by the Hawks in which it was established that in December last year he had bought a pre-owned Mercedes-Benz from a vehicle dealership in Bedfordview using municipality funds. "He reportedly registered the vehicle on his name, prejudicing the municipality an actual loss of R900,000," Sekgotodi indicated. Ngwenya appeared in the Tonga Magistrate's Court on Friday and was granted bail of R10,000. The case was postponed to 25 January next year for further investigation.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Cebelihle Mthethwa at News24
- Lees ook, Amptenaar in die sop vir tweedehandse Mercedes, by Maroela Media
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