Riyaz Patel
Acclaimed playwright Welcome Msomi, due to be sentenced for embezzling R8 million from the Living Legends Programme Trust Fund (LLLP), has been hospitalised and will not be in court Thursday for sentencing proceedings.
The National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Phindi Mjonondwane said his sentencing would therefore not take place as planned.
“We don’t know when he was hospitalised and the medical certificate will give us all those details.”
The matter will sit at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court today (Thursday) and Msomi will be represented by his lawyer and it will be postponed,” she told The Star.
The LLLP initiative was launched by government in 2015 to honour performers in the arts, culture and heritage sector.
Msomi was arrested by the Hawks in Durban earlier this year. The director, a trustee of the programme, was found guilty of 61 counts of theft by the High Court.
The Arts and Culture Department
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