Five years for former state employee who took R160k from Digital Vibes

The Pretoria specialised commercial crimes court on Friday sentenced a former senior Municipal Infrastructure Support Agency (Misa) official, Lizeka Tonjeni, to five years’ imprisonment for corruption related to the Digital Vibes contract. Tonjeni was in May convicted on one count of corruption involving R160,000. Misa falls under the ministry of co-operative governance and traditional affairs. It is mandated to provide technical support and build capacity in local government. In 2018, when Misa awarded a tender of almost R4m to Digital Vibes to render communication services for 24…