Wheel-chair bound Nxumalo pleads guilty to defrauding Department of Labour’s CF - cautioned an discharged
Hilson Thembinkosi Nxumalo (37), who is wheel-chair bound, was cautioned and discharged after pleading guilty to defrauding the Department of Labour’s Compensation Fund today in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court.
Nxumalo was facing a charge of theft. Nxumalo of Rondebult near Germiston in Gauteng was out on a bail of R1000-00. He is alleged to have defrauded the Department of Labour of R5 400. He was accused of misrepresentation by using someone’s identity document (ID) to secure a job. He later got injured at work using the borrowed ID and lodged a successful claim with the department’s Compensation Fund.
The ID was later found not to be his as he was claiming under a false name, and payment was stopped.
The defence pleaded for a lighter sentence as the paraplegic (Nxumalo) was said to be a first time offender, unemployed and now that he was wheel-chair bound because of his injuries he had slim chances of securing employment.
The Compensation Fund is a public entity under the administration of Department of Labour responsible to cover workers injured during work or who sustain diseases during the course of their occupation.
Enquiries:
Mokgadi Pela
Acting Departmental Spokesperson
Cell: 082 808 2168
