Northern Cape municipal manager arrested over R2 million missing pension fund money

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) have arrested Kamiesberg Municipality’s top official after more than R2 million in employee pension contributions allegedly went unpaid for nearly five years, leaving workers’ retirement savings in jeopardy. Municipal manager Rufus Beukes, 41, appeared briefly in the Garies Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, November 7.“Beukes was arrested by the…...