NORTH WEST. – Lesang Cyril Lobakeng (58), who until recently was the acting municipal manager of the Tswaing Local Municipality, appeared in the Delareyville magistrate's court on Friday 4 September. He is charged with a contravention of the Municipal Financial Management Act.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Tinyiko Mathebula, spokesperson for the South African Police Service, the Hawks' serious corruption unit investigated the case. It concerns security services that are believed to have been procured without the correct procedures.
According to a statement from SAPS, the North West department of cooperative governance and traditional affairs appointed a security company for one month at the municipality in 2021. That contract was worth R452 000.
After the month, the company allegedly continued to provide security without a contract. In April 2022 the municipal council allegedly decided to pay the company more than R886 000. Lobakeng approved the payment. However, he did not inform the council that it could be unlawful.
Lobakeng was released on a warning. The case has been postponed to 12 October 2026. He will then appear in the specialised commercial crimes court in Vryburg.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
