The former Lesedi Local Municipality Housing and Planning Manager of Springs has been convicted for 78 counts of fraud by the Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court. Tshepo Malekane defrauded the municipality properties of at least a hundred million rand between January and December in 2020. The 40-year-old convicted criminal generated a fraudulent power of attorney, instructing conveyancing law firms to transfer ownership of 78 properties belonging to the Lesedi Local Municipality and sell them at a price that is not the actual value of the property. Malekana forged the Lesedi local municipality ma…