Unisa CFO suspended after asking Hawks to probe conspiracy to falsely implicate her in criminality

Unisa vice-chancellor Puleng LenkaBula has placed the university's acting chief financial officer (CFO) on precautionary suspension for, among other things, allegedly receiving bank deposits from students in an irregular manner.

This is despite the fact that Reshma Mathura informed LenkaBula that "four unexpected and unsolicited cash deposits" of R330 each were deposited into her bank account and that "this malicious and criminal conduct" was intended to slander her and remove her from her position.

In a letter dated 3 April 2024, which was written to LenkaBula on Mathura's behalf, AfriForum's advocate Gerrie Nel said the individuals who made the deposits to Mathura "are unknown to her and certainly had no reason to deposit money into her account".