MBABANE – An employee of Probase Eswatini has been charged with theft after allegedly transferring company funds amounting to E64,898 into fictitious accounts for personal benefit.
According to the charge sheet, the accused, Sakhile Bongiwe Dlamini of Kwaluseni, who worked as an accounts clerk at Probase Eswatini, was entrusted with the safekeeping of company monies and making payments on behalf of the organisation.
However, during the months of February and March 2025, the accused is alleged to have unlawfully and intentionally transferred the money from the company’s MTN Mobile Money account into fictitious mobile money and E-bet accounts.
The document states that the accused was aware that the money belonged lawfully to Probase Eswatini yet proceeded to misappropriate it, thereby committing the crime of theft.
The matter was heard before Mbabane Magistrate Qondile Mtetwa. The court record shows that the accused was advised of her legal right to representation but elected to conduct her own defence.
The accused was further advised on her constitutional right to apply for bail and informed that the offence was a “minor offence” in terms of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, as it involved half the value of the property described by the Act.
A bail application was moved by the accused, and the Crown did not oppose the application. Bail was subsequently granted and fixed at E9,000, with the following conditions. The accused must not interfere with Crown witnesses, the accused must not commit a similar offence and the accused must appear in court on all dates specified by the court.
The court ordered that the accused be remanded in custody until October 30, 2025, and thereafter released on bail pending the commencement of trial.
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