Four top Buffalo City Metro officials in court on fraud charges
By Zwanga Mukhuthu - 03 March 2017
Buffalo City Metro's chief financial officer‚ Vincent Pillay‚ supply chain manager Thembelani Sali‚ councillor Luleka Simon-Ndzele and the city's lawyer‚ Matthew Moodley‚ appeared in the East London Magistrate's Court this afternoon on charges of fraud and contravening the Public Finance Management Act.
The four were arrested this morning after they handed themselves over to the Hawks.
They are accused of having defrauded the metro (East London‚ King William’s Town and Bisho) of R190 000 in 2015.
The complainant on the case is former municipal manager Andile Fani.
The four appeared before magistrate Rochelle Sam who released them on R2 500 bail.
The matter was postponed to April 24 for further investigation.
