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Tebogo Thebe, spokesperson for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third suspect is Ruth Palm (61), the former Head of Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_7622435a\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11219\/5761946a4d4948e59fc5a622e00e414c.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/d6b814b118c84685b0efccb9f1557cd4.jpg\" title=\"A second senior employee at the Northern Cape Department of Sports, Art and Culture, who was arrested on Wednesday, 6 March.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">A second senior employee at the Northern Cape Department of Sports, Art and Culture, who was arrested on Wednesday, 6 March.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Photo: Supplied<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>They were arrested by the Hawks\u2019 Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team for allegations of contravening the Public Finance Management Act, fraud, and money laundering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This follows after the DSAC made an irregular payment to a service provider without any services being rendered to the department. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The payment was allegedly meant for the Umsombovu Youth Festival that was scheduled to take place in Colesberg in December 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival never took place and the DSAC suffered a loss of R1 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other accused in the matter, a company as a juristic person, and its director were previously charged. 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