By BAKANG MOKOTO
29 June 2026 – Three municipal employees aged 38, 56 and 58, at John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in Kuruman, were arrested by the Hawks Serious Corruption Investigation team based in Kathu for fraud, forgery and uttering. The trio was arrested at their workplace today.
The Hawks spokesperson in Northern Cape, Lieutenant Colonel Tebogo Thebe said the arrest is a culmination of an investigation undertaken by the office after allegations of corruption, fraud, cyber fraud, cyber forgery, uttering as well as contravention of Local Government Municipal Finance Management Act 56 of 2023 (MFMA) were levelled against them Thebe said allegations are that the trio (one female and two males) worked in tandem to change the competency results of the outcome of a competency assessment, which was undertaken by an external party at the request of the municipality in line with applicable legislation.
“The municipality had advertised the position of Director of Community Services back on 16 October 2022. The competency assessment results were changed to favour an undeserving candidate as his results came back basic, but was changed to competent.
“The accused will appear before Kuruman Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, where they are expected to apply for bail,” he said.
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