EUGENE COETZEE
Portia 'Pankie' Sizani's fraud conviction has been set aside on appeal. The prosecution must now decide whether to start her trial afresh or let the formerIn March 2019, after six years in and out of court, Sizani was found guilty of 15 counts of fraud totalling R1.2m after it was found that she had created “ghost” teachers and then pocketed their salaries.
She maintained her innocence throughout and before she could even be sentenced, her lawyers escalated the matter to the high court in Makhanda.
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