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The Star reports that three bogus recruiters made an appearance in the Protea Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for allegedly selling job opportunities at the City of Johannesburg’s waste management service provider Pikitup.
The trio of women, who made about R400,000 from a scam, were arrested on Thursday last week by the Hawks' Serious Corruption Investigation team in partnership with the City’s Group Forensic and Investigation Service (GFIS) in Protea North as an outcome of an investigation that started in February. GFIS spokesperson Lucky Sindane said on Monday that law enforcement pounced on the three suspects Phumzile Hlungwani (37), Linky Khumotso Machete (31) and Esther Chuma (44) while they were addressing their victims. Hawks spokesperson Captain Lloyd Ramovha added that the arrests of the trio came following reports of jobs for sale that emerged from community members in Soweto. A preliminary probe revealed that the women were impersonating municipal employees purporting to be attached to Pikitup. “It is alleged that they promised to ensure that the desperate job seekers would be employed by the city if they paid R600 upfront for a three-months contract job. For a R5,000 once-off payment, job seekers were promised permanent jobs,” Ramovha reported. Two registers were seized from one of the suspects with the list of all the victims who paid money for jobs. During the suspects’ appearance in court, Machete was granted bail of about R2 000, while Hlungwani and Chuma will remain in custody. The matter was postponed to 17 May.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Chulumanco Mahamba at The Star
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