Houses: 26 govt employees fined
15 May 2008
Witness Reporter

ANOTHER 26 government employees were fined yesterday after they pleaded
guilty in the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court to charges of fraudulently
acquiring subsidised houses.

Thirty more are to be charged every month until November in
Pietermaritzburg. The accused, charged with fraud, pleaded guilty to
lying that they were unemployed at the time.

The employees, many of whom are teachers and nurses, were given fines
ranging from R2 000 or R5 000 suspended for six months and 12 months’