/ 30 October 2000

CIVIL SERVANTS NABBED FOR FRAUD

TWO civil servants in Mpumalanga have been arrested in connection with fraudulently using a government order form to order 1 000 boxes of A4 paper. The two men allegedly collected 500 of the boxes, worth over R30 000, from Corridor Stationery on October 19. But they were caught out when the company phoned to remind the department of agriculture, conservation and environmental affairs to collect the remaining boxes. Accountant Solly Zama Lawrence Silinda, 37, and stores clerk Lucky Mnisi, 27, were released on R1 000 bail each. – African Eye News Service