Eight Lesotho women who each paid R5,000 to a woman who advertises her service as an employment agent on the internet have been rescued from a property in Palm Ridge, Katlehong.
The 12 individuals accused of defrauding Eskom by creating fake prepaid electricity vouchers bought houses and cars for themselves and lived comfortable lives.
The wife of the alleged mastermind in the illicit electricity vouchers syndicate, bought four modest properties in 22 days in 2013 and owned a total 27 houses while living a low-key life and driving a 20-year-old Renault Clio valued at R30,000.
Since 1984, the Holburn family residing on the corner of George Botha Street and Stanford Road in Palmridge, has endured the peril and financial burden of living adjacent to one of the busiest roads in the area.