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Is it a fair judgement for Sibongile Mani to serve 5 years of imprisonment for"allegedly" stealing 14 million  from NSFAS?

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Is it a fair judgement for Sibongile Mani to serve 5 years of imprisonment for"allegedly" stealing 14 million  from NSFAS?

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Sibongile Mani a walter Sisulu university student that was charged for 5 years of jail time, for spending R818 000 from the 14 million that was distributed in her account by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. Sibongile's story has touched a lot of South Africans, some people were furious about the sentence Sibongile got, because they believe what happened was never her fault, people who deposited the money should be the one in the firing line, the court is also destroying her future. Some people argued that Sibongile's actions was of greed that she should have gone to the authorities the minute she learnt her bank balance. Now comment if the sentence Sibongile got was fair or not , also add if you were the judge what sentence or punishment would you have given Sibongile???

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According to me it was very wrong that they arrested sibongile💔it was nother mistake that they sent R14 million instead of the amount they had to send.she did what anyone would have done because even I,i think i would have used it to help my family financially and the person who transferred the money should be arrested also because this whole thing feels and sounds suspicious to me how can you click so much 00s into 1 account??that means the person who transferred the money was also trying to commit fraud but couldn't do it as the money went into a wrong account and had no choice but to report the issue and state it as a mistake

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I think the whole case was unfair because proper investigation was not done and all the blame was put on Sibongile as if she was the one that sent that R14 million into her account. The people that authorized that payment need to be held accountable and be investigated because clearly that money was meant to go somewhere else as corruption. Her sentencing was not fair at all. Yes she spent about R800 000 but she should have been given a chance to pay the money back or face 2 year sentence if she could not. The only reason as to why she was sentenced 5 years or even sentenced to jail is because she is a black person. If a white person experienced this, it would be a totally different story.

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According to my perspective,Sibongile doesn't deserve to be sentenced at all, because it was never her fault that She got that amount of money from NSFAS. The court and the Judges are supposed to see on their own that the person who deserves to be in jail is the one that sent the money in her bank account. But on the other side when the Court and the Judges backup their self's they say ' they are not sentencing Sibongile because of using the money but the way she used it '. For example she didn't even build a house with the or do anything that is important

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Same here I don't think the court understands how much they are destroying her future, she'll never work for the government, because of her criminal record.

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Most of us black students we come from poor families and we are our family's only hope to change the situation. We have big dreams and all of our dreams require money. Now let's say I get this anonymous money of 14million. Obviously I'll say my ancestors gave it to me and use it.
There's nothing wrong she did. NSFAS is the one to be blamed for its negligence

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I don't think that the punishment given to Sibongile Mani was fair. Mani didint  ask for money.NSFAS people are the ones to be blamed they are the ones that sent money in Sibongile Mani's account. I personally  think that more investigation must be done. The person who sent money in Sibongile Mani's account should also be investigated. But to be honest Sibongile should've reported the issue because  she knew that 14 million was not the amount of money that she was supposed to receive at the same time the person who was responsible for distributing money to students should've doublechecked if he/she destributed the correct amount to each and every student. 

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I don't think that the punishment given to Sibongile Mani was fair. Mani didint  ask for money.NSFAS people are the ones to be blamed they are the ones that sent money in Sibongile Mani's account. I personally  think that more investigation must be done. The person who sent money in Sibongile Mani's account should also be investigated. But to be honest Sibongile should've reported the issue because  she knew that 14 million was not the amount of money that she was supposed to receive at the same time the person who was responsible for distributing money to students should've doublechecked if he/she destributed the correct amount to each and every student. 

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She was blessed by her ancestors but failed to honour them

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She was blessed by her ancestors but failed to honour them

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I look at this with a traditional perspective. Let alone being black and growing up poor. The first wrong thing of her to do was to take the money and not question where it is coming from. What! Am I  mad who would have done that?

Fine then she kept it but of what good use did she  put the magical money she received into? Perhaps if she bought a house or bricks then she would have been considered and given mercy. Yes she did use the money out of desperation but what were the outcomes? Weaves, clothes.

That's where God and the underground gang decided to turn their invisible backs.

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The justice was unfair. First of all she did not ask for the money or had connection with it. The person or the company that transferred the money into her account should be held responsible and serve jail sentence not Sibongile. There are politicians who are accused of stealing serious money from the state but are still free nöt and held accountable, the justice is unfair to the poor. They could have said Sibongile should pay back the money or other punishment I find this one very harsh

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No it is not fair because she was not going to just ignore the money inside her bank account knowing that she needs it . The ones that deserve to be sentenced are those who sent the money to her.

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No it is not fair because they did not do a proper investigation. If they did that they would have known who is the culprit in this issue. She is a student she did what any other student would have done.

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No it is not fair because they did not do a proper investigation. If they did that they would have known who is the culprit in this issue. She is a student she did what any other student would have done.