Sibongile Mani who received R14m from NSFAS by mistake get 4 years in prison for theft
Channel: F5 News
Date: 2018-05-30

Sibongile Mani who received R14m from NSFAS by mistake get 4 years in prison for theft.

Student who received R14m NSFAS payout in error charged with theft and corruption. Sibongile Mani, the Walter Sisulu University (WSU) student who accidentally received more than R14m from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and went on a spending spree in 2017, appeared in the East London Magistrate's Court on Tuesday morning. Hawks spokesperson Captain Anelisa Feni confirmed that Mani, 28, was arrested on Tuesday by the Serious Commercial Crime Unit of the Eastern Cape Hawks, after it requested that she hand herself over. She has been charged with theft. Mani accidentally received the NSFAS payment of R14.1m and went on a three-month spending spree. "She allegedly spent just over R810 000 of this amount on personal items over a period of three months before the anomaly was detected by the scheme," Feni said. News24 last year detailed how Mani, who studied accountancy at WSU, spent the money hosting parties for her friends, buying Peruvian wigs, designer clothes, handbags and expensive smartphones.
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