Former Ditsobotla Local Municipality chief financial officer, Radikashu Isaac Tsie has appeared before the Lichtenburg Magistrate's Court on charges of fraud.
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also known as the Hawks, said Tsie was arrested on Wednesday morning by members of the Mahikeng-based serious commercial crime investigation unit in Lichtenburg.
His arrest follows an investigation into allegations of fraud relating to the procurement of legal practitioner's services for Ditsobotla Local Municipality.
Investigation revealed that in May 2021, Tsie and his co-accused Thouret Mampe Thabe Tiro, the director of Tiro Attorneys (PTY) LTD and Tsietsi Isaac Shema, the former acting director of Corporate Services at the Ditsobotla Local Municipality, connived to defraud the municipality of over R460 000,00 for services which were never rendered, said Lieutenant Colonel Tinyiko Mathebula, North West provincial spokesperson of the Hawks.
Tiro and Shema were arrested last week.
