# The Hawks have confirmed the arrest of a former Limpopo mayor and municipal manager for allegedly inappropriately administering 30-million-rand of state funds into the VBS Mutual Bank on behalf of the Thulamela municipality. Hawks spokesperson Katlego Mogale says the suspects will appear in the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s court today on charges of corruption and maladministration. Mogale says the former mayor allegedly accepted a Jeep Cherokee valued at over 638-thousand-rand through VBS money laundering, while the municipal manager invested 30-million-rand of the municipality’s money into VBS in contravention of the Municipal Finance Act.