Woman on trial for allegedly diverting millions of rands in Johannesburg
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TimesLIVE
Mashudu Ndou-Ndlovu faces fraud, corruption and identity fraud charges in two cases involving millions of rands, including funds from Pikitup, Johannesburg's waste management company. Her trial was postponed to February by the Palmridge Commercial Crimes Court, according to TimesLIVE.
Mashudu Ndou-Ndlovu, facing two cases involving millions of rands, appeared on Tuesday before the Palmridge Commercial Crimes Court, near Johannesburg. The hearing was postponed until February and the accused remains in custody, according to TimesLIVE.
Ndou-Ndlovu is accused of fraud, corruption and false identity, including allegedly diverting millions of rands from entities of the City of Johannesburg, including Pikitup, the municipal waste management company. She is being prosecuted alongside Samantha Pather, a municipal employee who was granted bail of 10,000 rands this week, according to TimesLIVE.
The case also concerns Velman Construction, a company owned by Ndou-Ndlovu and her husband Elliot Ndlovu, the complainant in both cases investigated by the Hawks, South Africa's police service tasked, among other things, with investigating economic crimes. The provisional indictment seen by TimesLIVE accuses her, among other things, of submitting falsified documents to Nedbank and the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission to remove her husband from the company's management and bank accounts.
The charges also include a fraudulent request to increase the daily withdrawal limit on Velman Construction's account from 500,000 to 5 million rands, as well as alleged payments to Johannesburg officials. Ndou-Ndlovu is also accused of fraudulently obtaining a South African identity after, according to the indictment, being born under the name Ratidzai Zhou in Zimbabwe.
