A WARRANT of arrest was issued for an Mpumalanga environmental affairs official on Thursday when he failed to appear in court on fraud charges of more than R30 000. The warrant against Lucky Mnisi of Barberton was withheld however, until he and his colleague, Zama Silinda of KaNyamazane appear in the Nelspruit District Court again on October 23 for fraud of R30 580. Silinda’s bail of R1 000 was extended when he appeared on Thursday. Mnisi had also been granted R1 000 bail. Silinda and Mnisi are accused of collecting 500 reams of paper from a stationery company on behalf of the department on October 19 last year, but not delivering the paper to their offices. – African Eye News Service