ex-NW CFO Kudakwashe Mpofu arrested again
The former chief financial officer of the North West Development Corporation has been arrested on fraud charges after he allegedly submitted fake documents when applying for a job.
Kudakwashe Mpofu (33), a Zimbabwean national, appeared before the Mmabatho Magistrate’s Court after he was arrested in Mahikeng on Tuesday.
This is not Mpofu's first brush with the law.
In 2024, he was arrested and charged with fraud and contravening the Immigration Act for allegedly using a fraudulent permit to live in South Africa.
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At the time, then-Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi described Mpofu’s appointment to a senior government post, without proper vetting, as a “national embarrassment”.
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) also confirmed last year that it was probing Mpofu's Permanent Residence Permit as part of Proclamation 154 of 2024 into the Department of Home Affairs.
Mpofu is now being accused of using a fraudulent South African permanent residence permit when he applied for a job at the government entity in March 2023.
“His arrest follows an investigation into allegations of using a fraudulent South African permanent residence permit when he applied for a job at the North West Development Corporation in March 2023.
“Reports indicate that the accused was subsequently hired as an asset manager and later became an acting chief financial officer. Shortly after that he was appointed permanently as the CFO. The accused was reportedly paid over R3 million in salaries,” said North West Hawks spokesperson Tinyiko Mathebula
The matter was postponed to 3 February for a formal bail application.
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