Police have arrested the uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s National Assembly Chief Whip, Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi, in the Western Cape on fraud charges linked to an alleged salary deduction scheme that is said to have siphoned more than R233 000 from party recruits.
The arrest was affected on Thursday, May 28, when Mokoena-Zondi was served with a warrant of arrest by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks).
Hawks spokesperson Warrant Officer Zinzi Hani confirmed the arrest, stating that the case relates to alleged fraudulent conduct linked to internal party recruitment activities.
“The suspect is to make her first appearance in the Cape Magistrate’s Court, today, 28 May 2026,” said Hani.
According to the Hawks, the alleged fraud occurred between August and December 2024, when the suspect recruited four individuals into the political party as researchers.
