PDAT manager in looting scandal

Palapye Development Advisory Trust offices PIC: KOKETSO KGOBOGE
Palapye Development Advisory Trust offices PIC: KOKETSO KGOBOGE

Recent findings on the alleged mismanagement of funds and theft that has haunted Palapye Development Advisory Trust (PDAT) over the years have fingered the trust’s Finance and Administration manager Emma Ncube as the chief instigator.

The trust, which is a major community development trust in Palapye, has for some time been rocked with allegations of corruption, mismanagement, embezzlement and theft of assets.

This has in the process set members of the Palapye community on a collision course with the former management and the Board of the Trust. While the sister publication reported this week that one worker has been suspended at the trust, fresh findings from the investigations, which were initiated by the newly appointed chief executive officer, have revealed that Ncube could be the main culprit in the alleged looting from the trust. According to documents seen by Mmegi, a panel which was set up to investigate the alleged looting at the trust, has slapped Ncube with several charges, which include fraud, theft and negligence.

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