The suspects, including municipal officials, were granted bail ranging from R1000 to R2000 on Friday at the Kimberley Magistrate's Court. They are facing charges of fraud and money laundering. It’s alleged that between 2011 and 2016, ghost workers were created in the Sol Plaatje Municipality's database and during the alleged crime, various bank accounts were used to transfer money from Sol Plaatje’s bank account, amounting to the said R1,6 million. Six suspects were arrested on Wednesday in the morning and afternoon while the last three were arrested on Thursday in Kuruman and Kimberley respectively. The case against them was postponed to 22 April 2021.

Those arrested include Impoletseng Beauty Kilelo (40), Paul Mission Mokoena (50), Oratile Yvonne Schoeman (32), Togara Charles Ndebele (51), Jacqueline Tshilo (44), Mandy Kelebogile Ntshoe (36) and Eveline Makoloi (60), Labane Ntshoedi(37) and Tjetjepa Motaung(46).

Seven suspects, except for Nsthoedi and Motaung, all got R1000 bail while the two got R2000 bail.

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