Official, her sister and an associate also face criminal investigation for allegedly defrauding the Gauteng health department
A former state attorney official is alleged to have created 'fictitious and bogus' medico-legal claims to defraud the Gauteng health department. Picture: OLIVIER LE MOAL/123RF
A special tribunal has ordered a former state attorney official, a member of her family and an associate to pay back R4.5m they allegedly defrauded from the Gauteng department of health.face a criminal investigation after judge Lebogang Modiba ordered an investigation by law enforcement officials. created “fictitious and bogus” medico-legal claims to defraud the Gauteng health department.
The defendants failed to file an answering affidavit or fully comply with the court, meaning Modiba’s ruling is a default judgment. “Hlatshwayo did not file a notice of intention to defend. For this reason, she was effectively barred from defending these proceedings in terms of rule 13,” Modiba said. “The Zibani defendants filed their notice of intention to defend but failed to file their plea.Modiba ordered that the defendants pay the costs of the proceedings and that Zibani’s
pension benefits be forfeited to the Gauteng health MEC to the extent of her indebtedness. The benefits had been held with the Government Employees Pension Fund , which were preserved in terms of the Tribunal’s order granted on October 10 2020.
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