By Sihle Mavuso
An employee of the ANC-run Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal is facing scrutiny after allegedly pawning a municipal laptop at Cash Crusaders and failing to reclaim it, resulting in the device being sold to a member of the public.
The employee, identified only as Gugu, who works in the municipality’s IT department, allegedly pawned the HP EliteBook earlier this year at a Cash Crusaders franchise at Shelly Centre in Margate to secure an undisclosed loan after experiencing financial difficulties.
The laptop’s value is unknown, but it was later sold for R5,000 despite being faulty.
The matter came to light when the buyer, Professor Sontsele, discovered during repairs that the laptop had more faults than those disclosed at the time of purchase.
He also noticed an asset register tag identifying the device as belonging to Ray Nkonyeni Municipality.
Sontsele subsequently demanded answers from Cash Crusaders about how
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