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Members of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) are investigating allegations of a fraudulent marriage syndicate operating out of Welkom and surrounding areas.
OFM News correspondent, Isaac Mosia, reports that the syndicate s reach goes beyond Welkom and also operates out of Hennenman, Virginia, and Odendaalsrus under the Matjhabeng Local Municipality. According to Hani Park Ward Councillor, Reuben Tlake, who was approached by the mother of one of the self-confessed Welkom recruiters, âmost of the girls are lured under false pretences as they are promised work and thereafter are taken to Bloemfontein which is where they are married to foreign national men using their ID photos and fingerprintsâ.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has requested the Hawks to investigate charges relating to bribery against Mr Aubrey Mothombeni and possible corruption by officials in the Matjhabeng Municipality in the Free State. The now former Sunday World Assignments Editor, Mr Mothombeni, allegedly attempted to benefit from the proceeds of unlawful activities by aiding and abetting the facilitation of criminal activities by demanding a bribe in return for the non-publication of a series of news articles about the Matjhabeng Local Municipality in the Free State.