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News24 reports that suspended North West health department head Dr Thabo Lekalakala was arrested for fraud on Monday.
He appeared in the Mmabatho Regional Court in Mahikeng on the same day and was released on R20,000 bail. Lekalakala's co-accused, former North West finance MEC Wendy Nelson, appeared in court on Friday for fraud and was also granted R20,000 bail. The two are expected to appear in court again on 6 September. According to provincial Hawks spokesperson Captain Tlangelani Rikhotso, Nelson was arrested following investigations into allegations pertaining to the irregular appointment of a senior official in the health department in 2014. North West Department of Health spokesperson Tebogo Lekgethwane advised on Tuesday that Lekalakala was still undergoing a disciplinary hearing.
- Read the full original of the above report by Jeanette Chabalala and Canny Maphanga at News24
- Read too, Wendy Nelson arrest: 'chickens coming home to roost' in North West, at City Press
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