The municipality is said to have lost R893,134.85.
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A former Nama Khoi municipal foreman and a company director appeared in the Springbok Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, accused of using 32 fake quotes to secure municipal work worth nearly R900,000.
Steven Johnson Julie, 49, George Dewald McDonald, 66, and two companies — JLK Business Consulting Pty Ltd and BCM Property Investment Pty Ltd — face charges of fraud, forgery, uttering, and corruption.
Hawks spokesperson Warrant Officer Nomthandazo Mnisi said between March 2020 and October 2021, Julie helped McDonald submit fraudulent quotations to the Nama Khoi municipality.
The quotes were allegedly kept below R30,000 per job so the companies could be appointed to do work in and around Springbok.
The municipality is said to have lost R893,134.85.
All the accused were granted bail of R5,000 each.
Mnisi said: "The allegations are that during March 2020 and October 2021, the former employee of Nama Khoi Municipality assisted the company's director to submit 32 fraudulent quotations to Nama Khoi municipality for him and his companies to be the preferred candidate for services to be rendered under R30,000 per job, in and around the Springbok area."
The case was postponed to April 22.
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