A former municipal director and his step-son appeared at the specialised commercial crimes court in Port Elizabeth for alleged fraud, theft and corruption, amounting to approximately R16 million, Eastern Cape police said on Monday.
Spokesperson for the Hawks Captain Anelisa Ngcakani says the 64-year-old Patrick Kebble and his 33-year-old Seth Terblanche appeared in court on Friday, hours after their arrest.
She says it is alleged that Kebble, a former director for facility management in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in 2010, was intricately involved in the administration process which led to the awarding of a three-year contract tender to a company which belonged to his step-son, Terblanche.
The contract for the tender amounted to just over R16 million and Kebble failed to disclose to the municipality his interest in Terblanche’s company. Kebble and Terblanche were each granted R10,000 bail and will be back in the same court on the 28th of October.
- African News Agency (ANA)
