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THE REPORTER 24 JANUARY 2025 · PAGE 7

Municipal employee accused of working in
NOTICE OF MEETING
cahoots with her brother and boyfriend The Elliot Agri & Sports club will have its Annual
General Meeting on the 29th of January 2025.
to fleece municipality of R2 million Time: 18:00 for 18:30
Agenda:
Written by Jolene Marriah-Maharaj, Senior Digital Journalist, IOL News 1. Election of new Committee
2. Membership
An Eastern Cape municipal employee was account." Crime Court and were 3. Previous AGM minutes
granted bail of R5,000 each. Anything that needs to be added can be send to Imiel
arrested for allegedly defrauding the Mzimvubu The Hawks said further
Local Municipality in KwaBhaca of R2 million. investigation revealed that The matter will return to Vorster.
S i b a b a l w e a l l e g e d l y court on February 3, 2025 All apologies can be send to Imiel:079 043 4207
The Directorate for Priority "Investigations revealed that conspired with her then- for further investigation.
Crimes Investigation (known M g a n g a t h o a l l e g e d l y boyfriend Novukela to
as the Hawks) arrested exploited her position to receive payments as fake MUNICIPAL MANAGER
Sibabalwe Mgangatho, 40, misappropriate municipal service providers. SENQU Tel: 051 603 1300
her brother Ongezwa funds. Novukela owned Lilitha 19 Murray Street
Mngangatho, 32, and her "She was responsible for Communication and Con- Private Bag X03
then-boyfriend Siniko preparing vouchers, up- struction (Pty) Ltd. MUNICIPALITY LADY GREY
Sinethemba Novukela, 41. 9755
loading payments, and The funds were allegedly
The trio faces charges of capturing service provider funneled back to Siba- www.senqu.gov.za
fraud and money laun- details on the municipality's balwe’s account. M U N I C I P A L I T Y “A leading Rural Municipality with a viable and modern Economy”
dering. Munsoft system." _________________
"The Hawks investigation
Eastern Cape Hawks Fumba said Sibabalwe further established that INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME
spokesperson Lieutenant allegedly colluded with her Sibabalwe had allegedly _________________
Colonel Avele Fumba said brother, Ongezwa, a cashier unlawfully and intentionally Notice No. 148/2024
Mgangatho was employed at Steady Service Station. processed 48 fraudulent _________________
as an Account Expenditure " O n g e z w a r e p o r t e d l y transactions and took R2 STIPEND: R6 250 PER MONTH
Officer at the Mzimvubu received fraudulent funds million from the muni- ________________
Local Municipality. transferred from the cipality." Senqu Municipality invites applications for a 36 MONTH INTERNSHIP
According to the Hawks, the municipality’s account, All three accused appeared PROGRAMME in the functional area listed below. The purpose of the
fraud took place between which were then redirected b e f o r e t h e M t h a t h a internship is to equip qualified graduates with practical work experience
2013 and 2017. to his sister Sibabalwe’s Specialised Commercial and to expose them to operational realities of Municipalities. Alongside the
unique learning experience, this is an opportunity to also make lifelong
Five foreign nationals in a Datsun Go arrested contacts. As a successful incumbent, you will join one of our existing teams
for theft of Vodacom cell tower batteries of professionals, supported by experienced leaders and a hands-on
mentoring program. We are looking for individuals that are driven by high
Written by Jolene Marriah-Maharaj, Senior Digital Journalist, IOL News energy levels and a genuine desire to add value and make a difference at
Senqu Municipality.
Five people have been arrested in connection with the In another incident, a
alleged theft of Vodacom batteries at a cellphone tower in Malawian pastor was jailed to Recruiting Number Minimum Requirements Unit/Loca-
Kruis River in the Eastern Cape. 10 years after he was found Department of interns tion for all
guilty of running a syndicate and Unit required for internship positions positions
The men were arrested on The Hawks said the suspects that stole batteries from
Thursday by the Gqeberha- were nabbed during a stop- Vodacom and MTN towers Finance 1 • 3 Year Bachelor s Degree or LADY
’
based Serious Organised and-search near Addo and between 2021 and 2022. National Diploma with majors in GREY
Crime Investigation team. Jansenville.
Mlotha Nelson Usale was Accounting, Finance
The suspects aged between They were traveling in a sentenced in August 2024.
25 and 29 were charged with Datsun Go. The closing date for submission of applications is Friday, 7 February
essential infrastructure National Prosecuting Autho-
damage. "Upon searching the vehicle, rity spokesperson, Lumka 2025 and no late, emailed and faxed applications will be accepted.
the team discovered that it Mahanjana, said the 59- Application packs must reach us by 12 noon.
"Preliminary reports indicate was transporting undo- year-old pastor at God's
that a Vodacom tower cumented foreign nationals. Chapel Church, would PLEASE NOTE: Applicants from Sterkspruit and Barkly East have an
situated at Kruis River was Further reports indicate that interchange the e-battery option of submitting their application packs in the Sterkspruit Town
allegedly broken into and five bags containing burglary management system of Hall or Nkululeko Community Hall on Friday, 7 February 2025 from
four Vodacom batteries were tools were recovered. All five batteries to different manu- 08h00 to 12h00.
stolen," said Lieutenant suspects were arrested on facturers, respray the
Colonel Avele Fumba, the spot." casings of the battery in an APPLICATION PROCESS
spokesperson for the attempt to disguise the true Any individual who wishes to apply for these positions must complete and
Directorate for Priority The suspects will appear in origins of the batteries to
Crimes Investigation (known the Jansenville Magistrate’s make it look like they were submit the Senqu Municipality application form obtainable from our website
as the Hawks). Court on Friday. commercial solar batteries. www.senqu.gov.za, together with a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae,
certified copies of qualifications, ID and driver’s licence. An application pack
which contains all the above-mentioned documents must be submitted to
the under mentioned address.
This Council subscribes to the policies of Affirmative Action and Employment
Equity and appointment will be made with these policy considerations.
Appointment will be subject to appropriate reference and qualification
checks as well as security vetting.
Canvassing and/or lobbying of Councillors and officials will not be accepted
and non-compliance thereof shall immediately disqualify an applicant.
Should you not receive communication from us within thirty (30) days after
the closing date of this advertisement, please consider your application to be
unsuccessful.
Please note that Council reserves the right not to fill the position.
CONTACT PERSON
All enquiries should be directed to the Manager Human Resources, on
telephone 051 603 1300/1466 during working hours or
nelanin@senqu.gov.za
T. MAWONGA
Municipal Manager
SENQU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
Private Bax X03
Lady Grey
9755
File No. 4/3/2/1/3
12/12/2024
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