‘Jacaranda School gratuity scammers busted’

According to the charge sheet, Jennepher Arbi, 59, and Fatima Natalie Jackson, 38, who are director and PRO of Jacaranda respectively, on a specific date unknown to the prosecution in 2019 in Francistown, acting jointly and in concert, forged the signature of Jackson Namajunda by introducing such signature into a document purported to be a contract of employment without the authority and knowledge of the owner to defraud him of his gratuity.

The accused, who were all represented by attorney Tshekiso Tshekiso, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Prosecutor Leano Kgalemang of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) told Magistrate Bakang Gabaitsiwe that the state was not opposed to the accused being granted conditional bail.