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Former Gauteng Education officials face sentencing for ghost employee fraud
The Star
|October 02, 2025
TWO former Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) employees and an accomplice who defrauded the department of millions through a ghost employee scheme will appear for sentencing at the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court today and tomorrow.
The scheme, uncovered through an internal risk investigation, involved seven officials from the Gauteng West District Office’s Human Resources Unit and siphoned approximately R3.8 million.
GDE spokesperson Steve Mabona confirmed that two of the former employees and an external accomplice, a relative of one of them, face multiple charges, including fraud, forgery, and theft.
"The accused stand charged with fraud, forgery and theft after their role in the ghost employee scheme was exposed," Mabona said.
Dit verhaal komt uit de October 02, 2025-editie van The Star.
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