By Thapelo Molefe
Build One South Africa (BOSA) has laid criminal charges against the Greater Letaba Municipality in Limpopo following the alleged theft of R1.2 million in public funds by officials in the municipality’s licensing department.
BOSA Limpopo provincial representative Ngako Setjie confirmed on Thursday that the case was officially opened at the Modjadjiskloof Police Station.
He added that the party would also report the matter to the Ad Hoc Committee on Appropriations in the National Assembly, calling for urgent parliamentary oversight and intervention.
The stolen funds were allegedly siphoned off between November 2021 and March 2023 from the Driving Licence Testing Centre (DLTC) and never deposited into the municipality’s bank account.
According to BOSA, the theft constituted a clear violation of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA), which required municipalities to promptly bank all received revenue.
“However, in this case, municipal officials wilfully violated this directive, choosing instead to
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