Hawks in Limpopo, on Thursday, 16 April, arrested a 40-year-old former Legal Manager of the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality following an investigation into alleged tender fraud and corruption.
Hawks has arrested eight Department of Labour employees and a company for alleged corruption-related offences linked to fraud.
The Hawks in Limpopo conducted a raid at the Polokwane Municipality on Wednesday, amid corruption allegations.
The Hawks in Limpopo have arrested a second suspect [27] for fraud after assisting another accused to apply for motor vehicle finance at WesBank to purchase a Ford Ranger Raptor valued at over R1.3 million using fraudulent documents.
Two foreign national scammers, Serage Martin Lubenga [28] and Rhoda Mirembe [33] were sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each for defrauding a South African woman [39] of an amount of R650 000.