Johannesburg - An information technology (IT) consultant will appear in court next month for allegedly attempting to steal millions of rands from the water affairs department.
"The department has laid criminal charges against a consultant who attempted to steal R12.80m from the department's account last year," spokeswoman Linda Page said.
Pono Senokoana allegedly tried to transfer large sums of money into his personal bank account on different occasions, but only managed to get R2.84m before he was caught.
Employed by T-Systems, a division of the German telecommunication giant Deutsche Telekom, he was appointed to work on the payment systems, but managed to gain additional access which allegedly enabled him to transfer funds. The department's finance unit spotted the wrongdoing.
Senokoana was arrested last year and released on bail. He last appeared before the Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court on June 9 on fraud charges.
The case was postponed to July 28.
