FREE STATE – Ditaba Johannes Mokhutle (33), appeared before the Bloemfontein Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 18 October 2022 where he faced charges of fraud and theft.

He was arrested on Monday, 17 October 2022 by the Hawks Serious Corruption Investigation team based in Bloemfontein.

It is alleged that in December 2019, Mokhutle together with Boitumelo Poonyane, who was arrested last year August 2021, intended to divert more than R13 million from the Department of Public Works in Bloemfontein to a company known as Waltons Trading Enterprise CC although the company did not render any services to the department.

The matter was then reported to the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation for further investigation. The case has been remanded to Tuesday, 04 November 2022 and he was released on R3000-00 bail.

Source: South African Police Service