A Gqeberha advocate and former acting judge appeared on the opposite side of the courtroom to which she has become accustomed when she once again took to the dock in her fraud and money laundering case.
Advocate Siphokazi Cubungu is charged alongside the former legal secretary in the State Attorney’s office, Dumisani Zwane.
They appeared briefly in the Gqeberha magistrate’s court on Monday, when the case was postponed to July for further investigation.
The state alleges that they bypassed internal controls to have money paid into private accounts for their own pockets.
The payments were allegedly made between March 2022 and November 2023, and totalled close to R200,000.
They face charges of fraud, alternatively theft, and corruption, alternatively money laundering.
Cubungu also faces an additional charge of giving benefits to her co-accused, who is a public officer.
During the proceedings on Monday, the prosecution indicated it was waiting for a cash-flow analysis before it could conclude the investigation.
They will return to court on July 14. Both are out on bail.
Speaking after the proceedings, Cubungu’s attorney, Lunen Meyer, said they had no comment at this stage other than that she would plead not guilty to the charges.
The Herald
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