Nonthutuzelo Sizani pleads not guilty to charges of fraud and money laundering

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 The wife of ANC chief whip Stone Sizani has pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud and money laundering.

Nonthuzelo Sizani is appearing in the Port Elizabeth Commercial Crimes Court on Monday.

She's accused of defrauding the Eastern Cape Education Department of more than R1.2 million.

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

The trial continues.