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News24 reports that the Hawks (Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation) arrested a senior Eastern Cape education official after she was reported to the police by her sister for allegedly defrauding the department of R4 million.
The siblings allegedly clashed over the whistleblower’s share of the money. The Hawks allege that Nandipha Tembo, the supply chain director for the provincial education department, had authorised fraudulent payments to the extent of R4 million for a supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) to a company owned by her sister, Sinazo Mgwangqa. She allegedly never disclosed to the department that the company was registered under her sister's name and that the company also employed their brother. The Hawks allege that, in exchange, her sister was set to get a 10% cut, but their relationship went sour after Nandipha apparently withheld her sister's share. But, Nandipha's husband allegedly benefitted from the proceeds of the crime. Nandipha was arrested at her home in Qonce on Thursday morning. Her husband, Theophilus, and brother, Mandilakhe Mgwangqa, later handed themselves over to the Hawks, and joined her in the Zwelitsha Magistrate's Court. The court granted the couple bail of R20,000 each, while Mandilakhe was released on R5,000 bail. It is not known if the whistleblower sister, Sinazo, will be charged. On Thursday, the education department said Nandipha had been suspended and her case was subject to internal disciplinary processes.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Malibongwe Dayimani at News24
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