'I know of no case where the erroneous recipient was considered a criminal and jailed,' claimed Thuli Madonsela.
Madonsela said she was curious whether theft was the right conviction, given the funds abused constituted an erroneous overpayment to Mani.
“I have suggested our legal curiosity takes us to explore the principles of unjustified enrichment or unjust enrichment. I realise, based on Daniel Visser’s voluminous book titled, which I used for Nkandla [case], unjustified enrichment may be a stretch,” she said.
“NSFAS was approached to furnish the department of correctional services with a victim impact assessment report, which was submitted on March 14,”The NSFAS reiterated it did not suffer any financial loss due to the erroneous payment to Mani.
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