A municipal official who works in the debtors section of the Polokwane Municipality, appeared before the Polokwane magistrate’s court on Tuesday after he was suspended by the municipality on charges of fraud.
He appeared with a co-accused, a local businessperson, on eight charges of fraud.
Senior state prosecutor, Sammy Mogishi said the official allegedly changed the banking details of service providers of the municipality and exchanged them with the local businessperson’s.
He said payments of almost R1,7 million were allegedly deposited into the businessperson’s bank account. The municipality is also conducting further investigations.
The suspects were released on R10 000 bail each and are due to appear before court again on October 29.
The case was postponed for further investigation.
