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The Citizen reports that a former Northern Cape Cricket Union financial manager has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for depositing payments due to service providers, totalling more than R400,000, into his own account.
A portion of the sentence will be served in prison and the rest will be under correctional supervision. The Kimberley Specialised Commercial Crimes Court convicted and then sentenced 25-year-old Jean Pierre Van Niekerk, who first appeared in court on 21 December 2023, for fraud and money laundering. Between July 2022 and March 2023, Van Niekerk was employed by Northern Cape Cricket Union as a financial manager. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Mojalefa Senokoatsane indicated: “Payments that were due to service providers were deposited to his personal bank account. The entity suffered an actual loss exceeding R400,000 plus interest.” During the trial, Advocate Belinda Thomas of the Specialised Commercial Crime Unit argued that the court should sentence the accused to direct imprisonment to send a clear message to other perpetrators of corruption and fraud-related cases that they will be arrested, prosecuted, and sentenced to direct imprisonment.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nicholas Zaal at The Citizen
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