Mmabatho Nthabiseng Mokoena-Zondi, chief whip of South Africa’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party, is arrested and faces fraud charges. The Hawks investigate an alleged scheme in which party members or recruits are required to hand over parts of their salaries under the stated purpose of covering Jacob Zuma’s legal costs. Multiple reports say the alleged losses amount to more than R233,000. News outlets report that she is granted bail by the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on an alleged R233,000 salary fraud case, with one report citing bail of R30,000. Following her arrest, the MK Party acknowledges the arrest and says it will respond to her in court. Another report states that the MK Party suspends her with immediate effect pending an internal investigation into corruption. The matter remains at the stage of arrest and charges as the legal process continues, with the allegations centring on the handling or siphoning of funds from party recruits or researchers and the purported link to Zuma’s legal-cost claims.
MK Party chief whip Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi arrested over alleged fraud and bail granted
Mmabatho Nthabiseng Mokoena-Zondi, chief whip of South Africa’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party, is arrested and faces fraud charges. The Hawks investigate an alleged scheme in which party members or recr...
- Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi, chief whip of the MK Party, is arrested and faces fraud charges.
- The Hawks allege an alleged salary or funds “kickback” scheme involving party recruits/researchers.
- The alleged losses are reported as exceeding about R233,000 (and over R200,000 in one account).
- The alleged scheme is linked to claims that money was collected for Jacob Zuma’s legal costs.
- The MK Party suspends her and acknowledges the arrest; she is granted bail by the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court.
MK Party has suspended its chief whip, Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi, “with immediate effect”, pending an internal investigation into corruption.
2 months agoMmabatho Mokoena-Zondi, chief whip of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party, faces serious fraud charges involving substantial salary deductions from party staff, raising questions about her controversial past.
2 months agoMmabatho Nthabiseng Mokoena-Zondi, Chief Whip of the MK Party, has been arrested and charged with fraud, allegedly defrauding party members of over R233 000.
2 months agoThe Cape Town Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to MK Party Chief Whip Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi following her arrest in an alleged R233,000 salary fraud case.
2 months agoPolice have arrested MK Party National Assembly Chief Whip Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi on fraud charges linked to an alleged scheme in which party recruits were reportedly forced to hand over large portions of their salaries under the guise of covering legal costs. The Hawks allege the scheme resulted in losses exceeding R233 000.
2 months agoThe uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) says it has acknowledged the arrest of its Chief Whip, Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi, who was arrested by the Hawks in a probe into an alleged R233,000 salary fraud scheme and that it will respond to her arrest on Thursday afternoon.
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