{"id":60467,"date":"2024-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricahorizon.com\/?guid=29e28a03a12a9694ced72b44215a9424"},"modified":"2024-01-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T00:00:00","slug":"alleged-fraudster-appears-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricahorizon.com\/alleged-fraudster-appears-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged fraudster appears in court"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n Nhlanhla Sizani (24) has appeared briefly before the Pretoria Magistrates Court on charges of fraud, alternative forgery and uttering after he was issued with a summons on 12 December 2023.<\/p>\n
It is reported that during the 2021 Local Government Elections (LGE), Sizani submitted a fraudulent letter with the United Nations (UN) insignia, requesting South African Police Service (SAPS) escort to polling stations for the duration of the elections.<\/p>\n
Sizani is said to have misrepresented himself as a United Nations (UN) Ambassador\/Diplomat and thus was escorted by SAPS Diplomatic Police Unit to various polling stations as an observer.<\/p>\n
Through an investigation by the Hawks’ Crime against the State within Serious Organised Crime Investigation, the UN confirmed that Sizani was not an Ambassador\/Diplomat (observer) and the request for escort was not requested by them.<\/p>\n
SAPS suffered financial loss as a result of the misrepresentation.<\/p>\n
The case was postponed to 23 January 2024 for the accused to obtain legal representa
\ntion.<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nhlanhla Sizani (24) has appeared briefly before the Pretoria Magistrates Court on charges of fraud, alternative forgery and uttering after he was issued with a summons on 12 December 2023.<\/p>\n
It is reported that during the 2021 Local Government Electi…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n