The Hawks in Mpumalanga have arrested 50-year-old Grace Mokoka, a former Deputy Director of Finance at the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, over an alleged R1.35 million fraud involving a community land restitution project.
Mokoka faces charges of fraud, theft, corruption and money laundering linked to the Ingogo Communal Property Association (CPA) land restitution project.
The Hawks allege that MPG Mash Trading (Pty) Ltd submitted an invoice for services that were never rendered, after which Mokoka allegedly approved a payment of R1,358,440 without following required procurement procedures.
Company director Mduduzi Mashwama, project manager Sikhumbuzo Nkosi and departmental project officer Godfrey Mchunu have also been implicated. Mchunu and Nkosi were arrested in 2025.
The Hawks said Mokoka and Nkosi had previously been sentenced to 10 years’ direct imprisonment in separate but similar matters and were on parole when arrested in this case.
Mokoka appeared before the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on 29 September and was granted R1,000 bail.
The matter was postponed to 26 October 2026, when she will join her co-accused.
The investigation is being conducted by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit.
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