By KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
17 November 2024- An administration clerk (30), of the South African Police Service (SAPS) based at the Provincial Facility Management, briefly appeared before the Potchefstroom Magistrate’s Court on 13 November 2024, for fraud. Naledi Millicent Mere allegedly reported being sick between 9 to 13 September 2024, and submitted a leave form, accompanied by two sick notes.
The North West police spokesperson, Colonel Adele Myburgh said initial investigations by the Anti-Corruption Unit revealed that, although the accused visited the doctor during that time, she was never booked off sick.
“It was further established that the doctor’s signature on the sick note was fraudulent. Mere was released on R2000 bail and the case was postponed to 27 February 2025,” she said.
Meanwhile, the North West Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena, welcomed the arrest and subsequent appearance of the employee before court this week.
