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Former Mayor of Johannesburg Kabelo Gwamanda.
The state has dropped all charges against former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda.
The charges relate to the defrauding of several Soweto residents in 2011 in an alleged funeral policy scam.
The former Mayor was arrested in October last year.
Gwamanda, who is also a former Community Development MMC, was fired by the city’s new Mayor, Dada Morero, last month.
He was replaced by Patriotic Alliance (PA) councillor, Tebogo Nkonkou.
Previously, the Sunday Times reported Gwamanda was arrested after a victim of his alleged scam opened a case with Protea Glen police.
He was alleged to have conned unsuspecting Soweto residents in a scheme in which they made monthly payments for funeral insurance.
The victim who opened the case in January told the police she took out a funeral policy with Gwamanda’s company, Ithemba Lama Afrika, which was based in Soweto, according to a warrant of arrest seen by Sunday Times.
A Financial Sector Conduct Authority investigation last year revealed that Gwamanda, who is an Al Jama-ah councillor, operated the illegal business in 2012 and then disappeared when his clients came looking for their money.
