A 58-year-old woman from the Eastern Cape has appeared in court after allegedly claiming two children were left without parents so she could receive more than R300,000 in foster care grants.
A 58-year-old Eastern Cape woman appeared in court after allegedly lying that the mother of two children had died and their father could not be found so she could claim more than R300,000 in foster care grants.
Nokwakha Bana was arrested by members of the Hawks' Serious Commercial Crime Investigation (SCCI) unit in Mthatha on August 5 after the execution of a warrant of arrest.
She appeared before the Mthatha Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Thursday.
She is facing charges of fraud, uttering and contravening the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Act.
