Jan Swartz, the Nama-Khoi Local Municipality manager, was arrested for fraud and corruption. (Nama-Khoi Local Municipality)
The Hawks in the Northern Cape have arrested Nama-Khoi Local Municipality manager Jan Swartz for fraud and corruption.
Hawks spokesperson Warrant Officer Nomthandazo Mnisi said the 63-year-old was arrested in Springbok on Wednesday and appeared in the Calvinia Magistrate’s Court.
“It is alleged that, between 2019 and 2020, the suspect while being a municipal manager at Hantam Municipality, [his previous employer], received a monthly subsidy for two official cellphones whereas the municipality was also paying for the bill to the service provider, which was contrary to the package he had with the municipality,” Mnisi said.
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