Central SA
NW tender fraud suspect to appear in court─── 09:53 Tue, 24 Dec 2019
A 44-year-old man is expected to appear before the Ventersdorp Magistrate Court in the North West today for allegedly defrauding the Ventersdorp Local Municipality of R6.6 million.
The suspect, Willem Roos, briefly appeared in court yesterday but his case was rolled over to today, 24 December 2019, for a formal bail application.
According to Hawks provincial spokesperson, Tlangelani Rikhotso, Roos is facing charges of fraud after he was allegedly awarded a tender by the municipality to install electricity in the RDP houses at a local township In 2016. He was allegedly subsequently paid without rendering any services.
Roos was arrested on Saturday at the Lebombo border post while crossing into South Africa from Mozambique.
OFM News / Marvin Ntsane
