WATCH: 2 Ekurhuleni employees arrested for a stealing municipal TLB
The TLB went missing from Ekurhuleni’s depot and was traced to the two employees of the municipality.
EMPD officers arrested two men for stealing a City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) TLB (tractor-loader-backhoe).
The suspects, caught on the morning of February 3, are both employees of the municipality.
It is understood the TLB went missing in December. The city roped in EMPD to investigate the matter. The investigation revealed the employees, accused of stealing the TLB, allegedly were doing private commercial work using the city’s stolen TLB.
After weeks of thorough investigating, law enforcement agencies finally pounced on the suspects at the Brakpan Roads depot.
@albertonrecord #Ekurhuleni MMC, Cllr Andile Mngwevu, commenting on the arrest of two #CoE employees who are accused of stealing the municipality’s TLB.
“We commend EMPD for swiftly dealing with this matter, and we call on them to continue rooting out corruption and theft from all the city’s departments,” said MMC for Roads and Transport Planning Clr Andile Mngwevu.
In response to the arrests, he said the authorities were handling the matter and the legal process would follow.
He urged residents to report fraud and corruption to the 0800 102 201 hotline.
