Former Pirates star in court for 'defrauding' City of Joburg R15m

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Former Orlando Pirates defender-cum-businessman Tonic Chabalala is accused of paying R500,000 in bribes to supply chain employees who allegedly assisted him in defrauding the City of Joburg of R15m in overpaid invoices.

Chabalala appeared in the Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court sitting at the Palm Ridge magistrate's court on Monday on charges of fraud and corruption. He was arrested last week in Polokwane, Limpopo.

“The suspect is accused of paying staff members at the City of Johannesburg to secure contracts from the city,” said prosecutor Adv Terrence Zitha, who opted not to oppose Chabalala’s bail application. “It is alleged that they [Chabalala and City of Johannesburg staff members] would duplicate invoices for work that was done once,” she said.

A source close to the investigation said gatekeepers in the department became suspicious of Chabalala’s invoices and alerted the police who then investigated his business accounts and picked up several transactions made to the city’s employees.

 

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