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Kgotso Khumalo, who is the mayor of JB Marks Township, and Cyril Henry appeared in Potchefstroom Magistrates Court on Friday after being arrested by the Hawks.
Kgotso Khumalo, Mayor of JB Marks Township. Image: Office of the Mayor Executive Municipality JB Marks / Facebook
JOHANNESBURG – A northwest mayor and a director have been arrested on charges of theft and fraud worth 5 million rand.
Kgotso Khumalo, who is the mayor of JB Marks Township, and Cyril Henry appeared in Potchefstroom Magistrates Court on Friday after being arrested by the Hawks.
According to the police, the two had money from a municipal trust account deposited in their personal bank accounts.
The funds were never reported to the Auditor General.
The Hawks have been on a spree to arrest corrupt officials.
On Thursday, four former state officials made a brief appearance in Palm Ridge Commercial Crimes Court linked to fraud and corruption related to a 2007 Gauteng Health Department tender that soared from R57 million to R1.2 billion.
Hawks in the North West spokesman Tlangelani Rikhotso said the mayor and principal had been released after a warning.
“The funds in the trust were misrepresented to make it appear that they were being used to pay for services provided to the municipality, and therefore the invoices were allegedly falsified to support that.”
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