Dr Tumi & Wife Released on Bail After Arrest by Hawks

Gospel star and medical doctor, Tumisang Makweya – best known as Dr Tumi – and his wife, Kgaogelo Sara Makweya, have been arrested for allegedly defrauding the National Lotteries Board of approximately R1.5 million. 

The couple was arrested on Tuesday, 6 April, by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team in Johannesburg.  

The accused were listed as committee members of an unknown non-profit organisation and allegedly filed fraudulent documents to the National Lotteries Board to apply for funds to finance projects in 2018.

According to the Hawks spokesperson, Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu, Dr Tumi, his wife and their co-accused managed to get over R1.5m transferred into a personal bank account. 

She said: “The couple together with their co-accused, Chistopher Tshivule (46) and Thomas Ndadza (48) allegedly altered information on the documents submitted to the National Lotteries which resulted to the amount of over R1.5m being transferred into a private bank account.”

The well known Mzansi couple appeared at the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday, 7 April and were granted bail of R3000 each.  

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