Former Bhisho education official in court for fraud

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

A former senior official in the Bhisho Education Department has made a brief appearance in the Port Elizabeth commercial crimes court.

Nonthutuzelo Sizani faces 31 charges of fraud and money laundering.

The state alleges that the wife of a former senior ANC official, Stone Sizani, had defrauded the Eastern Cape Education Department of more than R1.2m.

The charges relate to the false appointment of several people as Grade R practioners in various schooling institutions in Nelson Mandela Bay from 2009.

The money laundering charge was brought in terms of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act.

Sizani's case was postponed to February 14th and she was released on warning following her arrest.