Officials from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Affairs appeared in the Zastron Magistrate’s Court, Free State on charges of fraud.
A former manager in the courts, one Desmond Mokhobo, 32, and his colleague, Mxolisi Kakalatsa, 38, who served as an administrative clerk, is charged with fraud amounting to about R380,000.
The two men were arrested last week by the Corruption Unit, which investigated the alleged fraud at the department from 2018 to July 2019.
Allegations are being made that the two accused will be prosecuted for their share in the theft of fines, bail, court fines, all of which had to be handled by the Department.
A second charge of money laundering and other offences was also presented to the court, which both received an R2,000 bail, and was ordered to return to court on January 8, 2020.