FORMER Lepelle Northern Water Board chief executive officer Phineas Legodi, businessman Emanuel Sefalafala and the board’s Bid Evaluation Committee (BEC) chairperson Gwako Moseamedi will spent the next two days in custody pending their appearance on Thursday on charges of fraud and corruption.
The trio appeared in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Monday after their arrests during the weekend.
Legodi, Moseamedi and Sefalafala were joined by Falaz General Trading and Construction (Pty) Ltd on charges of fraud, alternatively theft, forgery and uttering, with Legodi facing an additional charge of contravention of the Public Finance Management Act.
The three were arrested by the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigations over the weekend.
It is alleged that in 2018 the Lepelle Northern Water Board advertised a tender in the Limpopo Province for the collection, removal and disposal of hazardous waste management in 2018.
Legodi was the CEO, an accounting officer of the Lepelle Northern
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