Former Eastern Cape government director-general Marion Mbina-Mthembu and seven others were granted bail by the Zwelitsha magistrate’s court in Qonce on Tuesday after appearing on allegations including fraud and money laundering amounting to R20m.Mbina-Mthembu appeared alongside the former CFO in the office of the premier, Myirhakazi Hannah Ntshingila, and the former acting head of education, Sizakele Netshilaphala.
Former Eastern Cape government director-general Marion Mbina-Mthembu and seven others appeared in the Zwelitsha magistrate’s court in Qonce on Tuesday on charges including fraud and money laundering amounting to R20m.
Alarm bells have gone off in the province’s crime prevention unit following the bombing of a second cash-in-transit vehicle in a space of two weeks in Komga on Monday.
Shops were shuttered across the metro as thousands marched on the Eastern Cape premier’s office to demand action to end the recent spate of violent kidnappings in and around Buffalo City.