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Former PS Tšolo charged over govt fleet tender Former PS Tšolo charged over govt fleet tender
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Pascalinah Kabi
FORMER Ministry of Finance Principal Secretary (PS) Motena Tšolo yesterday appeared before the Maseru Magistrates’ Court on charges of corruption in the 2018 procurement of the government vehicle fleet.
PS Tšolo served under the previous Thomas Thabane government from June 2017 to May 2020. Ms Tšolo and the Finance ministry’s administrator, Mafusi Mosamo, appeared before Magistrate Teboho Thoso who released them on M2000 bail and M10 000 surety each.
Their co-accused are businessmen Teboho Tlokotsi and Tumo Ramonaheng, who have already been charged with the crimes and are currently on bail.
Former PS charged with corruption
MASERU – MOTENA Tšolo, the former Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, is facing charges of corruption and abuse of public office.
Tšolo appeared in the Maseru Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
She was charged together with Mafusi Mosamo, a senior official in the Ministry of Finance. They are alleged to have been part of a corrupt scheme to receive bribes from people who wanted the government to hire their vehicles.
Tšolo confirmed that she had been charged but said she was not sure about the charges “because they were just reading sections”.
Teboho Tlokotsi and Tumo Ramonaheng, who are alleged to have been part of the sleaze, have already been charged.