SAPS commander goes to court over fraud
He will appear in the Benoni Magistrate’s Court for trial from October 23 to 27.
A top-ranking commander of the SAPS Benoni Academy in Northmead is in hot water after allegedly cheating on his learner’s licence test.
He faces three charges of fraud, the unauthorised issuing of learner driver’s licence and issuing a learner driver’s licence to a non-member of a state department.
According to a court record, in March 2016, the commander unlawfully misrepresented himself to the SAPS Benoni Academy by stating he had passed a motorcycle learner driver’s licence test when he had, in fact, failed it.
It is alleged the accused unlawfully instructed an examiner, a subordinate to him, to take a blank test paper, write the correct answers on it, mark the test and file it as a test he had completed.
Between September 2017 and January 2019, the accused also allegedly instructed certain academy members to issue a learner’s driving licence in the same manner to another person who was not a member of the SAPS but the son of a SAPS general.
He will appear in the Benoni Magistrate’s Court for trial from October 23 to 27.
Independent Police Investigative Directorate spokesperson Robbie Raburabu said the accused, who has since been charged, was issued a summons to appear in court while the investigation continues.
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