Picture: Bopaganang Secondary School principal, Boitumelo Cynthia Gopane
By AGISANANG SCUFF
9 June 2025- A corruption case against Bopaganang Secondary School principal, Boitumelo Cynthia Gopane (56) in Vryburg, will resume at Vryburg Magistrate’s Court today. Gopane was arrested by the members of the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation on 30 May 2025, for alleged corruption.
The Hawks spokesperson in North West, Lieutenant Colonel Tinyiko Mathebula said Gopane’s arrest follows an investigation into allegations of soliciting gratification from a complainant in exchange for a contract teacher post. Mathebula said it is alleged that in June 2024, the suspect promised the complainant a contract teaching post on condition that the complainant pays her R30 000.
“The complainant allegedly paid the suspect R25 000 and another R5 500 at a later stage. The complainant was subsequently hired. Following an investigation, the suspect was apprehended and charged with two counts of corruption.
“She briefly appeared in the Vryburg Magistrate’s Court on 2 June 2025. Gopane made an urgent bail application in the North West High Court on 1 June 2025. She was subsequently released on R2000 bail and her matter was postponed to 9 June 2025,” he said.
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