Financial records still missing at Ikhwezi
2010-10-15
NO sign has yet been found of the “stolen” financial records of the troubled Ikhwezi Community Centre at Vlakkeland manor-house in Mbekweni, Paarl, effectively preventing the forensic investigation which has been approved by the board of trustees of the centre. The forensic investigation, paid for by the German funders of the centre (the Lutheran Church), was approved by the board and chairman, Pastor Simon James (representative of the Mbekweni Ministers’ Fraternal) in May this year, but the former management of the centre (Titus Hendricks and Ntombentsha Mantashe) and the present beneficiary committee (led by Pastor Samuel du Plessis) refused to hand over the records. The whereabouts of the financial records remains a mystery. Hendricks resigned in September, and Mantashe reported to the police that the records had disappeared. The centre, which aims to create work in the community through handicrafts, is in dire financial straits as its funding has been cut off, pending the forensic audit which has been called for due to suspected financial irregularities. IKhwezi is offering a reward of R2500 for the full recovery of the stolen records and the conviction of the perpetrators. Information can be forwarded to Captain Selma Bredenhann of the Mbekweni police on 021-868-9926.
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