Image: Laerskool Akasia website The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) welcomes the conviction and sentencing of a former Finance Clerk at Laerskool Akasia, following an investigation by the Department’s Anti-Corruption Unit. She was found guilty of fraud and theft and convicted by the Pretoria North Magistrate Court on 9 June 2025. On 4 November 2025, the Court sentenced the former employee to three (3) years imprisonment, wholly suspended for five (5) years, and ordered