A Port Elizabeth court was not big enough to accommodate the busload of ANC supporters dropped off yesterday to support Ward 20 councillor Bongo Nombiba when he appeared on a charge of fraud.
Nombiba is accused of pocketing the bulk of the money meant for the Thulamangwane Community Project, a non-government organisation which cares for the elderly and cleans schools in the community.
He appeared briefly in the Port Elizabeth Commercial Crimes Court where the case was postponed to March 8 for him to pay his attorney.
Nombiba was arrested last month and is out on warning.
ANC members and supporters packed the small courtroom, while close to 50 additional members, sporting ANC T-shirts and carrying signs which read “Ward 20 supports its councillor” and “#hands off our councillor” spilt on to the street.
Nombiba faces a count of fraud, or alternatively theft, totalling R20 000, and two counts of corruption.
According to the charge sheet, in September 2014….
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