News24 reports that a former State Security Agency (SSA) finance clerk has been sentenced to six years in prison for stealing R170,000 from the agency.

On Monday, Kgaogelo Bopape, 53, was sentenced in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court. Bopape was employed in the domestic currency division of the SSA at the time that she stole the money. On 7 April 2020, she had withdrawn R500,000 under false pretenses and claimed the funds would be made available to the members of the SSA operations. The SSA financial manager of the division later discovered that some R500,000 was missing. An amount of R330 000 was found inside Bopape's office. Upon interrogation, she eventually admitted to stealing R170,000 and the matter was then reported to the police. Bopape was arrested on 26 January and pleaded guilty to a charge of theft on 17 February. The National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA’s) Lumka Mahanjana welcomed the sentence: The NPA hopes the sentence would send a strong message that such crimes of theft, corruption and fraud will not be tolerated."

• Read the original of the report in the above regard by Ntwaagae Seleka at News24

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