By AGISANANG SCUFF
5 September 2025- A woman (42) was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment or to pay a fine of R100 000 by the Serious Commercial Crimes Court for fraud and money laundering. The accused, Mandy Kelebogile Ntshoe (42) pleaded guilty to the charges.
The Hawks spokesperson in Northern Cape, Warrant Officer Nomthandazo Mnisi said Ntshoe was arrested on 25 March 2021 by the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team in Kimberley. Mnisi said between January 2011 and December 2016, ghost workers were created at Sol Plaatjie Local Municipality in Kimberley.
“Various bank accounts which belonged to people not employed by the municipality were used by municipal officials to defraud the municipality.
“Investigation revealed that Beauty Kilelo, a convicted and former employee of Sol Plaatjie Local Municipality, had captured and authorised suspicious salary payments. The municipality suffered a loss of R778 864.54 as a result,” she said.
Mnisi further said Kilelo was later relieved of her duties after an internal investigation. She added that during her trial, she implicated other municipal officials in her testimony and that resulted in another docket being opened for further investigation.
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