The Gauteng Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) has made two additional arrests in connection with a case involving alleged fraud, theft and tampering with essential infrastructure at the Emfuleni Local Municipality.
The two suspects were arrested this morning, August 23, during an operation in Vanderbijlpark. Both of them are employees attached to the municipality’s Revenue and Electricity Department.
Their arrests bring the total number of suspects arrested in connection with the investigation to seven.
They are all scheduled to appear in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
The first five employees were arrested during an operation in Vanderbijlpark on Friday.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the employees allegedly misrepresented themselves to municipal clients as authorised officials who could reconnect electricity supplies that had been cut off.
Clients were reportedly instructed to pay money into the suspects’ personal bank accounts in exchange for illegal reconnections.
The suspects are further accused of illegally reconnecting electricity without municipal authorisation, resulting in illegal usage and financial losses to the municipality.
The PKTT said it was committed to working with relevant stakeholders to ensure accountability for officials who abused their positions for personal gain.
- Two additional employees from the Revenue and Electricity Department of Emfuleni Local Municipality were arrested by the Gauteng Political Killings Task Team on August 23 during an operation in Vanderbijlpark.
- The total number of suspects arrested in connection with the case now stands at seven.
- The suspects allegedly misrepresented themselves as authorised officials who could reconnect electricity supplies to municipal clients.
- Clients were instructed to pay money into the suspects’ personal bank accounts in exchange for illegal electricity reconnections.
- The suspects are accused of illegally reconnecting electricity, causing illegal usage and financial losses to the municipality, and are scheduled to appear in Vanderbijlpark Magistrate's Court on Monday.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the employees allegedly misrepresented themselves to municipal clients as authorised officials who could reconnect electricity supplies that had been cut off.
Clients were reportedly instructed to pay money into the suspects’ personal bank accounts in exchange for illegal reconnections.
