A Former Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) employee, Lizeka Tonjeni, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for accepting a R160 000 bribe while she was a project manager of Digital Vibes communications agency.
Tonjeni was sentenced on Friday by the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court.
The crime was committed when the 49-year-old was appointed by MISA to manage a contract worth nearly R4 million, which was awarded to Digital Vibes in 2018.
From December 2018 until August 2020, while Tonjeni was still a project manager, she received payments of R160,000.00 that were not authorised and due to her, from Digital Vibes, said National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson, Lumka Mahanjana.
Mahanjana said Tonjeni was arrested after she handed herself over to the police at the Pretoria Central Police Station on May 24, 2022.
