Councillor's daughter loses fraudulent bursary
The Bojanala Platinum District Municipality in Rustenburg offers financial assistance to children from poor families who have excellent academic results.This year 25 students benefited from a total of R1.6-million.Among them was 28-year-old Carol Montsho, a political science student at Unisa and daughter of Nkone Montsho, a Madibeng Local Municipal councillor.According to bursary policy, children, spouses and next-of-kin of municipality employees and officials are not eligible.An investigation followed complaints by Bojanala residents to the office of Public Protector Thuli Madonsela regarding the alleged fraud.District municipality spokesman Archie Babeile yesterday said the bursary committee has cancelled the bursary and asked for the repayment of the money already paid to Unisa.(http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2012/08/08/councillor-s-daughter-loses-fraudulent-bursary)
Helping poor kids is the right thing to do,but this 28 year old is neither a kid nor poor. Question is - is anybody going to get fired (or at least redeployed) . I am glad that :
- District municipality spokesman Archie Babeile said the bursary committee has cancelled the bursary and asked for the repayment of the money already paid to Unisa.
ReplyDeleteDistrict municipality spokesman Archie Babeile yesterday said the bursary committee has cancelled the bursary and asked for the repayment of the money already paid to Unisa.
Thank you for this action taken and the mother mut be fired for defrauding the municipality out of greed.if she didn't have a education policy for her child is not our fault NXA talking of taking chancers on poor child was denied the right to education cause of this
oh? so this was greedines? but how did thuly framed her organisation?
DeleteAlmost 80% of our Municipalities are rotten
ReplyDeleteannounymous, if we are to say 80% of our municipalities are rotten, we need evidence...bring along stats or aany kind of evidence
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ReplyDeleteMadonsela must investigate the whole of NW, there's a lot of looting going on there and the lives of community members are not improving in any way, poor service delivery is the result of corrupt municipal managers.
Probe all district and local municipalities from Rusternburg, Taung, Vryburg all the way deep to small municipalities...u will be shocked
"you will be shocked" i do not understand being shocked of what?
DeleteYah...Yah...Yah!!! Greed and more greed!!! These are the people we have entrusted are votes with and subsequently gave them power to abuse us!!! A I am urging the Bojanala District Municipality residents to preasurise the Council to open up fraud charges against Honourable Clr Nkone Montsho and all officials involved (Including the CFO as he/she is the Chief Accountant of the Finances of the Municipality). Let punishment be consistent: Other leading officials in the ANC did the honourable thing by resigning. Let's hope Clr Montsho will also follow suit. The road to Mangaung has begun!!!
ReplyDeleteannounymous i dont think resigning is a good way of solving this problems.instead it shows that you running awy from your responsiblilities
DeleteCorrupting their children now.This student Carol Montsho is surely not going to tell us she didnt know , if I'm right. Thanks to Madonsela's investigation though the childish and always denying Fikile Mbalula sarcastically praised you of enthusiasm.Its a pity Madonsela has no mandate to prosetute.
ReplyDeleteThis shows that thuly did a great job
DeleteI think she deserves what happened because these bursaries are for kids who come from poor background and kids who really needs the the financial support. Not greedy people like her
ReplyDeleteThe problem is with who??? who is to be blamed?the mother? the bursary commettee? or maybe her?
DeleteThe problem is with who??? who is to be blamed?the mother? the bursary commettee? or maybe her?
ReplyDeletei think we should blame the mother ... she works for the government and she knows goverment policies
Deletecorruption is relly the major problem in our country and it seems problems like this keep on happen to our country i think they should have been aske to pay every cent she used to pay her studies now that will have been fair
ReplyDeleteso what ypu are saying is after her studies she must pay?
Deletebursaries are for people who deserve them.corruption needs to end.its sad that the people who do such things know about the policies yet they choose to ignore them.
ReplyDeleteso who is to be blamed?
Deletei support the statement that says bursaries are for people who really deserve them
ReplyDeletewho derseves a busarry?
DeleteIs a shame to see how corruption take place in this country. If the justice is served well done then, poor people are waiting for bursaries while others are not doing there job well.
ReplyDeletewell done to thuly,she has done a good investigation
DeleteThe councillor humilated himself he knows the policy therefore his daughter cant apply. It was a bad idea for his daughter to apply.
ReplyDeletewho is to be blamed, and how did thuly framed her organisation?
Deletei thought that bursaries were for people who really deserve them
ReplyDeletedeserve them? how?
DeleteThis has to do with selfishness.I think that the Councillor's daughter is one the people who does not want to see unfortunate people going forward but always begging from them.I think that someone has to fired,CASE CLOSED.
ReplyDeleteok , so who is to be fired, here? and why?
ReplyDeleteIt is good to see justice prevailing especially within the government sector. This also goes to show that it is not only Carol who has had an illegal bursary but many. I think the spokesperson's comment portrayed the company in a good way because he showed that the matter is being handled or under control. Proper procedure should be followed in firing the person responsible.
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