A FORMER Mogale City official as well as former spokesman for Gauteng's first premier Tokyo Sexwale - Thabang Mamonyane - was granted R3,000 bail in the Krugersdorp District Court last Friday.
Mamonyane is facing charges of robbery with aggravating circumstances and possession of suspected stolen goods.
On Friday the investigating officer in the case, Captain Sthembiso Nxumalo of the Krugersdorp organised crime unit, linked him to 22 scam cash-in-transit robberies totalling R5-million. These include allegedly robbing Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) of almost R1-million.
Nxumalo said Mamonyane and his accomplices collected R945,972 from the institution after posing as Coin Security employees.
He testified that Mamonyane, 49, was also linked to another robbery in which R220,000 was falsely collected from the Game store in Westgate shopping centre.
He said Mamonyane, a theology graduate, and his accomplices who are still on the run used a vehicle with a false Coin Security emblem to collect the money.
"They went into shops dressed in uniforms belonging to Coin Security and produced invoices. We have the receipts to prove it."
The stolen vehicle used to carry out the alleged robberies was found parked at a Hekpoort plot close to Mamonyane's home.
"The truck was discovered on a plot nearby and a statement was obtained that he requested to park the vehicle there," Nxumalo told the court.
He said the stolen van had been parked on the plot since January 27.
Mamonyane's lawyer Thomas Nel said Nxumalo could not "prove" his client had carried out the robberies - a fact to which Nxumalo conceded. He, however, stated that the police could link Mamonyane to the alleged crimes because of the stolen items and receipts found in his home.
Nel also reminded the court that it did not have jurisdiction over matters that took place in Diepkloof, Soweto, where the converted cash-in-transit van was stolen in 2010, or in Pretoria West where close to R1-million was taken from TUT.
Magistrate Erina Breedt conceded that the district court had "no powers" to preside over a schedule six robbery charge.
She, however, pointed out that the court had jurisdiction over the possession of suspected stolen goods charge which is a schedule one offence.
The case was postponed to next month for further investigations.
Bail for ex official in fake cash-in-transit case
A FORMER Mogale City official as well as former spokesman for Gauteng's first premier Tokyo Sexwale - Thabang Mamonyane - was granted R3,000 bail in the Krugersdorp District Court last Friday.
Mamonyane is facing charges of robbery with aggravating circumstances and possession of suspected stolen goods.
On Friday the investigating officer in the case, Captain Sthembiso Nxumalo of the Krugersdorp organised crime unit, linked him to 22 scam cash-in-transit robberies totalling R5-million. These include allegedly robbing Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) of almost R1-million.
Nxumalo said Mamonyane and his accomplices collected R945,972 from the institution after posing as Coin Security employees.
He testified that Mamonyane, 49, was also linked to another robbery in which R220,000 was falsely collected from the Game store in Westgate shopping centre.
He said Mamonyane, a theology graduate, and his accomplices who are still on the run used a vehicle with a false Coin Security emblem to collect the money.
"They went into shops dressed in uniforms belonging to Coin Security and produced invoices. We have the receipts to prove it."
The stolen vehicle used to carry out the alleged robberies was found parked at a Hekpoort plot close to Mamonyane's home.
"The truck was discovered on a plot nearby and a statement was obtained that he requested to park the vehicle there," Nxumalo told the court.
He said the stolen van had been parked on the plot since January 27.
Mamonyane's lawyer Thomas Nel said Nxumalo could not "prove" his client had carried out the robberies - a fact to which Nxumalo conceded. He, however, stated that the police could link Mamonyane to the alleged crimes because of the stolen items and receipts found in his home.
Nel also reminded the court that it did not have jurisdiction over matters that took place in Diepkloof, Soweto, where the converted cash-in-transit van was stolen in 2010, or in Pretoria West where close to R1-million was taken from TUT.
Magistrate Erina Breedt conceded that the district court had "no powers" to preside over a schedule six robbery charge.
She, however, pointed out that the court had jurisdiction over the possession of suspected stolen goods charge which is a schedule one offence.
The case was postponed to next month for further investigations.
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