Eastern Cape s top education brass plead poverty at bail hearing Five face R59m fraud and corruption charges over textbooks purchases PREMIUM By Asanda Nini - 18 May 2021
A group of current and former Eastern Cape education department senior administration bosses pleaded poverty on Monday while trying to persuade the East London regional court to reduce their proposed R10,000 bail, saying they were too poor and could only pay R2,000 for their freedom.
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BREAKING | EC officials arrested after education department defrauded of millions of rands PREMIUM By Vuyolwethu Sangotsha - 17 May 2021
Five senior officials accused of defrauding the Eastern Cape education department of millions of rands were arrested by the Hawks on Monday morning. ..
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