The Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team successfully executed aN arrest in the cold morning of Friday, 27 June 2025 in Grobblershoop.
Former Municipal manager of Kheis Local Municipality, Mr Joseph Floyd Leeuw (58) was arrested on allegations of contravention of Section 13A and related sub-sections of the Pension fund Act 24 of 1956, with 30 counts of the said contravention. The accused is alleged to have failed to pay over pension deductions of the period October 2019 to June 2022 over to Consolidated Retirement Pension Fund (CFR). The failure to pay resulted in late payment interests to balloon to R8 545 980.
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Leeuw made a brief appearance before Grobblershoop Magistrate’s Court immediately after his arrest and the court released him on R4 000 bail and the matter will be back on 5 August 2025.
Bongi Sikelo 