SIMEON MAKHUBU PAYS E79 000 FIRST INSTALMENT OF FINE

MBABANE – Former Mhlatane High School head teacher Simeon Makhubu has made it through the first hurdle.

Yesterday, he paid the first instalment on his E474 000 fine after being sentenced to 19 years and nine months for defrauding government a sum of E1.7 million.

He paid a sum of E79 000 yesterday and the balance is E395 000. He is due to pay the next instalment on April 16, 2018. He will pay amounts of E79 000 for the next five months until the fine is paid in full. Judge Mbutfo Mamba ordered him to pay the last instalment on or before September 9, 2018.

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When he was sentenced last Friday, his lawyer, Noncedo Ndlangamandla applied that the fine should be paid in instalments and the Crown did not object.
Makhubu undertook to pay the first instalment on or before yesterday. If he failed to pay the sum of E79 000 yesterday, he would have been taken to prison.

The Crown wanted clarification on how it would be ascertained if payments were made and suggested that receipts for proof of payment be kept in a file in the custody of the Registrar of the High Court.

The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) would be furnished with the duplicates. This is to enable the DPP to approach the court in the event that Makhubu defaults on the payment.

Msizeni Dlamini, who speaks on behalf of the family, said the money was strictly contributed by members of public who include his friends, relatives, former students and teachers from different schools, among others.

Dlamini said since Makhubu does not have money, as submitted by his attorney last Friday in court, the family had embarked on a fundraising campaign to pay the fine. When Makhubu was released from custody last week, his family requested members of the family to assist with contributions.

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