Municipal Director arrested for illegally occupying two gov jobs worth over a million

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A fraud case against Director at Moses Kotane Municipality has been postponed to August 23, 2023 for consultation and pretrial.

NPA spokesperson Henry Mamothame said that the 39 years old Gabonewe Ridah Madikela was arrested on March 27th 2023 by the Hawks after it was found that she was allegedly simultaneously occupying multiple government post without her employer’s knowledge.

“The arrest emanates from her fraudulent orchestration of theft, involving her salary while she was employed by the Moses Kotane Local Municipality, as a Director of Local Economic Development from April to September 2022. The appointment was to commence on 01 July 2019 to end on 30 June 2024, with an all-inclusive annual salary of over R1 million.”

“It is alleged that in March 2022, the accused applied for study leave from 30 March 2022 to 24 May 2022, with a confirmation letter from an institution of higher learning. On 29 March 2022, she applied for 39 days of annual leave from 08 May 2022 to 27 June 2022, with the municipality granting her leave on both applications. Towards the end of the annual leave, she submitted sick notes from a private medical facility in Akasia, purportedly issued by her doctor, indicating that she was sickly and hospitalised.”

Investigations revealed that all Madikela claimed was a complete lie and she was instead employed by the Department of Water and Sanitation as a Director, while still earning a salary from the Moses Kotane Local Municipality.

None of the submitted documents were found to be valid.

State says they have completed the investigations and are ready to commence with the case.