FREE STATE – Raymond Tshieliso Matlalesa (41) appeared before the Kroonstad Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 23 March 2022, where he was convicted and sentenced as charged for fraud and corruption.

His sentencing originates from an incident which took place during the period of November 2018, where Matlalesa, who is an employee at the Ngwathe Local Municipality, contacted the complainant and proposed to him that he can clear his arrears account at the municipality on condition that he pays him R11,000.

The complainant then reported the matter to the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation team in Free State. Matlalesa was then arrested on 05 December 2018 during a sting operation.

The court sentenced Matlalesa to ten years imprisonment on a count of corruption and five years’ imprisonment on a count of fraud both sentences were suspended for five years on condition that he does not commit the same offence during the period of suspension.

Source: South African Police Service