Slain Emfuleni accountant Martha Rantsofu flagged R16m fleet tender before her murder: police
Gauteng police have arrested a former municipal fleet manager in connection with a multimillion-rand vehicle tender scandal. The arrest follows the murder of an accountant who had flagged the irregularities shortly before her death.
Why it matters
This case highlights the dangerous intersection of whistleblowing, public sector corruption, and violent crime in local government administration.
Gauteng police have confirmed that just before she was murdered , Emfuleni accountant Martha Rantsofu had flagged the controversial vehicle procurement deal in which the municipality paid more than R16m for 18 vehicles, despite more than half of them allegedly never being delivered.
Rantsofu was gunned down in broad daylight at a tyre fitment centre in Vanderbiljpark in April.
Former Emfuleni local municipality fleet manager Lerato Mpholo, 42, was arrested at the weekend by the Gauteng political killings task team (PKTT) over the multimillion-rand Emfuleni vehicle tender scandal. He briefly appeared before the Vanderbijlpark magistrate’s court on Monday.
Speaking outside court after Mpholo’s appearance, police spokesperson Col Amanda van Wyk confirmed that the matter forms part of the corruption allegations reported by Rantsofu before she was murdered.
She reported several irregularities in March...and days later she was killed.
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