A former
member of Parliament is among those arrested over the weekend in relation to a
R4.8 million theft case involving the Limpopo Makgatho Community Property
Association, the Hawks said on Sunday.

Hawks
spokesperson Captain Matimba Maluleke said the former MP was arrested at his
home in Kanana Village on Sunday morning.

His
identity has not been revealed as he has yet to appear in court.

A former
chairperson of the property association, a bank employee and a senior official
from Molemole Municipality were also arrested over the course of the weekend.

The Hawks
said that between 2015 and 2018, the suspects “allegedly connived and
awarded a farming tender to a company linked to the wife of the senior
municipal official without following due processes”.

They were
expected to appear in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

This is
a developing story.

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