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BEHIND JUJU: Malema's supporters march in Polokwane during his previous court appearance. PHOTO: Elijar Mushiana

Tshepo Malema, 28, and the deposed youth leader's childhood friend Collins Foromo, 32, appeared in the Polokwane Magistrate's Court on charges of fraud.

The two are out on R5,000 bail each and their case was postponed to January 29.

They were arrested in a sting operation by the Hawks. Malema and Foromo are accused of committing fraud by submitting documents that misrepresented facts about their companies in 2011 and 2012.

This was after the provincial department of roads and transport had set up a programme to fix roads "damaged by rains".

A total of R63-million was spent on tenders to fix the alleged potholes, but investigations by the crime busting unit found that there was no work to be done.

It was also found that some department officials had colluded with the businessmen to pay them to "repair" roads that were actually not damaged.

On Wednesday, Makgomo Kgosana, a senior official in the department, also appeared in court where she was released on R10,000 bail for fraud, theft and corruption relating to the tender awarded under controversial circumstances to On-Point Engineering, in which the former youth leader's family trust is a shareholder. The company had unlawfully won the tender worth R52-million.

Julius Malema will make a second appearance in court today with On-Point chief executive Lesiba Gwangwa and four other business associates.

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Nov 30, 2012

Ponko.Fontoyo

Hands off Malema Hands off, this young man is the future.
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Nov 30, 2012

Tpaz!!

He will walk free, if Bobby walks , Juju walks.......

Money laudering if difficult to prove beyond reasonable doubt.

Viva Juju -Economic Freedom in Our lifetime.



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Nov 30, 2012

!#Sinudeity#!

Ponko.Fontoyo - The future of Suncity Cellblock D.
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Nov 30, 2012

!#Sinudeity#!

Tpaz!! - Juju is f***ed.

Best start dealing with realities, instead of this 'economic freedom fighter" fantasy you find yourself living in.
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Nov 30, 2012

TLekota

So the Malema family is a family of crooks,investigate Sarah Malema please. It shows exactly who most black people are so poor on creativity and innovation as we rely on government for business, houses, food parcels, almost everything.
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Nov 30, 2012

SephokhubjeHustler

@sowetan
u shud learn to separate articles. Julius malema's articles shud be written separately from his cousin's. I guess Julius' name was used so as to draw attention. Ill makerting strategy.
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Nov 30, 2012

Tlakenyobehle!

TLekota
So the Malema family is a family of crooks,investigate Sarah Malema please. It shows exactly who most black people are so poor on creativity and innovation as we rely on government for business, houses, food parcels, almost everything.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

ha ha ha wa psinya hey!!!!
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Nov 30, 2012

TLekota

@ Tlakenyobehle,

But it is true. The root cause of the problem is Sarah Malema, the kids got the genes from here. Malema is an illegitimate kid, and maybe the grandma stole someone's husband long ago and there was no father figure as in mokgalabje in the family that's why we had faulty products in Julius and Tshepo.
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Nov 30, 2012

Ponko.Fontoyo

TLekota
@ Tlakenyobehle,

But it is true. The root cause of the problem is Sarah Malema, the kids got the genes from here. Malema is an illegitimate kid, and maybe the grandma stole someone's husband long ago and there was no father figure as in mokgalabje in the family that's why we had faulty products in Julius and Tshepo.


Reckless statement/claims.
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Nov 30, 2012

lisbon

pietersburg di tsela di tswalet$we becouse of juju..
ya wa e baka boss..
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