A witness in the trial of a Northern Cape doctor accused of fraud has apologised for the mistakes in his testimony.

Former Compensation Fund forensic investigator Tshepo Sexwale told Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crime Court magistrate Dawie Jacobs that he had omitted some aspects from his testimony.

“I must admit that I made a mistake,” Sexwale said.

The magistrate responded that Sexwale had not only made a mistake, but “a big mistake”.

Sexwale was giving evidence at the trial of Pampierstad, Northern Cape, doctor Tebogo Ephraim Kaeletsa, who is accused of defrauding the Compensation Fund of R700 000.

Kaeletsa, who was arrested in 2010, is out on bail of R5 000.

It is alleged that Kaeletsa, with the assistance of a Compensation Fund official, made false claims against the agency, which is part of the Department of Labour.

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