The mayor of the Ubuntu Local Municipality in the Northern Cape has been granted R2 000 bail after her arrest by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team on Friday, 3 July. Cheryl Jantjies, 40, made a brief appearance before the Richmond Magistrate’s Court shortly after her arrest, and has been charged with 28 counts of contravention of Section 13A of the Pension Funds Act 24 of 1956 and contravention of the Municipal Finance Management Act.