News24 reports that a suspended State Security Agency (SSA) employee accused of defrauding the intelligence service of more than R1 million made a brief appearance in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria on Monday.

A stayed warrant of arrest had been issued for Thuso Leonard Oesi after he failed to appear in court earlier this month. At the time, his lawyer presented the court with a medical certificate on his behalf. On Monday, the lawyer handed over further documents pertaining to Oesi's health status, hoping it would "give the court comfort". As a result, the court cancelled the warrant of arrest. The case was postponed to 10 and 11 October for the plea and trial respectively. Oesi is charged with seven counts of fraud, three of contravening the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, nine for forgery and nine for uttering. The SAP system administrator allegedly defrauding the SSA of around R1.1 million between August 2019 and February 2020 by allegedly creating fictitious payment advance authorisations for himself for training courses that he never attended. Oesi, who had a monthly salary of R46,266, also allegedly amended the payment system to reflect a net salary of R80,268.71 in January 2020, and then R174,141.21 in February.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jeanette Chabalala at News24

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