Former SSA finance clerk Kgaogelo Bopape, convicted of stealing R170,000, will hear her fate on Monday.
Mahanjana said when the finance manager of the division did a spot check audit, he discovered that there was R500,000 missing.
“After internal investigations, an opened packet containing R330,000 was found inside Bopape's office and upon interrogation she eventually admitted to stealing R170,000,” she said. The court heard that Bopape intended to make an application for reappointment at the agency after her dismissal.
What will society say when they find out that the very same person who stole this amount of money from society has reapplied to be taken back in her position?Muofhe said if Bopape was remorseful she would not even entertain the idea of trying to get back her job. “She broke her office oath. I am surprised that she thinks that she must still go back to her job. I'm concerned, it just shows that she believes this process will go through and then she will go back to work,” he said. Her attorney, Hennie Theron, told the court his client was remorseful and had acted the way she did because of her financial circumstances.
Theron said Bopape had since signed an admission of debt, made a commitment to pay back the money and had already paid R1,000.Theron said the court should not take any negative inference from Bopape's bid to get back her job as she was only exercising her constitutional right by following every avenue at her disposal to ensure that she was employed because she had a son.
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