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Sunday Independent reports that the chief financial officer of Matlosana Local Municipality, who was arrested and charged with corruption last week, was bailed out by the son of the service provider she was arrested with.
In what may strengthen the case of corruption against Mercy Phetla, it has emerged that Phetla’s bail, of R35,000, was paid by the son of her co-accused, 49 year-old Nomthandazo Mokasule, who is accused number three in the case. This was after she was charged for allegedly receiving a kickback gift of a car worth R1.4 million in exchange for a service delivery tender she gave to GMHM Construction and Projects, a company doing business with the municipality. Mokasule is one of the two GMHM employees who was arrested alongside Phetla and charged with corruption. Following their arrests, the trio appeared in the Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court and were released on R35,000 bail each. Their case was postponed to 1 March 2024 for further investigation. In the bail receipt, it emerged that the person who paid for Phetla’s bail was Masego Mokasule, the son of Mokasule, who is alleged to have paid millions to Phetla in exchange for favours. Asked to disclose who had paid for her bail application and why the name of the son of her co-accused appeared on the receipt, Phetla denied it was the son of the accused and said that it was a friend. According to Masego’s father Thomas Patric Mokasule, who is Mokasule’s husband, the bail money was a loan to Phetla which she has since paid back. On Thursday, the Matlosana council, which is led by the ANC, resolved that Phetla should continue with her municipal duties despite her facing serious charges of corruption.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Thabo Makwakwa at Sunday Independent
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