The story behind the R77m City of Tshwane looting
A tale of an Afrikaans couple, their domestic worker’s son and the wife of a Pretoria metro cop
15 October 2023 - 20:14
Convicted City of Tshwane fraudster Japie Lerm used the son of his then-domestic worker and the wife of a senior police official as the faces of an elaborate BEE scheme that helped him steal at least R77m from the city’s coffers over several years...
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