{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_pyohwvzbrowz2d2bdh3q","title":"Former Eskom worker Cinderella Muropane gets 10 years for R1.8m fraud in Mpumalanga","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/r1-8m-fraud-ex-eskom-staffer-cinderella-thabisile-muropane-sentenced-to-pyohwvzbro","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_yohbzaqwt6l2xl76a2ja","seq":1513149,"kind":"article","title":"Former Eskom worker Cinderella Muropane gets 10 years for R1.8m fraud in Mpumalanga","url":"https://briefly.co.za/south-africa/254949-former-eskom-worker-cinderella-muropane-10-years-r18m-fraud-mpumalanga","summary":"Eskom worker Cinderella Muropane was sentenced to 10 years for 94 fraud counts after manipulating payment systems to divert R1.8 million at the Nelspruit facility.","published":"2026-10-03T09:30:09Z","seen":"2026-10-03T10:05:34Z","lang":"en","country":"ZA","source":{"id":"kite-briefly-co-za-29d3a9","name":"briefly.co.za","domain":"briefly.co.za","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q124309633","name":"Briefly.co.za","type":"website","country":"ZA","designations":["business","news","website"]}},"via":"kite-briefly-co-za-29d3a9","entities":[{"id":"Q132410","name":"Mpumalanga","type":"place"}],"image":"https://cdn.briefly.co.za/images/1200x675/9fb9e72587cdf829.jpeg?v=1","story":"st_pyohwvzbrowz2d2bdh3q","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.7599999904632568,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.5,"political":0.1599999964237213},{"id":"n_pyohwvzbrowz2d2bdh3q","seq":1504485,"kind":"article","title":"R1,8M Fraud: Ex-Eskom Staffer Cinderella Thabisile Muropane Sentenced To 10 Years","url":"https://thebulrushes.com/2026/10/03/r18m-fraud-ex-eskom-staffer-cinderella-thabisile-muropane-sentenced-to-10-years","summary":"Mbombela (Nelspruit) – Cinderella Thabisile Muropane, a former Eskom employee, has been sentenced to 10 years for stealing R1.8 million from the power utility. Some thought that, like the folk tale of the same name, Cinderella had suddenly been blessed with a remarkable fortune. However, an investigation by elite crime busters – the Hawks – […] The post R1,8M Fraud: Ex-Eskom Staffer Cinderella Thabisile Muropane Sentenced To 10 Years appeared first on The Bulrushes .","published":"2026-10-03T08:50:24Z","seen":"2026-10-03T08:51:26Z","lang":"en","country":"ZA","source":{"id":"kite-thebulrushes-com-1f5536","name":"thebulrushes.com","domain":"thebulrushes.com"},"via":"kite-thebulrushes-com-1f5536","topics":["court","crime","featured","general","news"],"authors":["Robert Tlapu"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1367885","name":"Eskom","type":"org"}],"image":"https://thebulrushes-media-content.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/26072451/jail-image-news.jpeg","story":"st_pyohwvzbrowz2d2bdh3q","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.7900000214576721,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.6800000071525574,"political":0.20000000298023224}]}