The spokesperson for the Hawks in the Free State, Christopher Singo, says the 52-year-old Godfrey Mahlatsi handed himself over to authorities on Friday morning, in connection with alleged tender fraud amounting to over R8 million. 

Mahlatsi is appearing in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on Friday as a result and is presently applying for bail. He is an accused, alongside 16 other officials, including his predecessor, David Motau. Following Motau’s arrest in the latter half of 2021, the former HOD was promptly suspended from his role as the registrar of the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA).

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According to Singo, the alleged fraud took place between 2011 and 2015, involving several service providers. It’s alleged the invoices the department used to pay out over R8 million to said service providers, were falsified and forged.

It is further alleged that there is no evidence that the service providers in question carried out the work after they received millions from the Health Department.
 
This is a developing story.

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