Two men accused of defrauding a military general of R18,000 in a 419 scam, are expected to appear in the Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court on Monday, the Hawks said.
Spokesman Captain Paul Ramaloko said the two Congolese men aged 44 and 38 were arrested on Saturday after selling the general a powder they claimed could produce money.
They apparently told him that, using the powder, he would be able to convert dollars into nearly R10 million.
I figure you don't join the army if you have the brains to do anything else with your life. There are very few circumstances in which fighting for someone else's ideology is justified.
And while there is many a grand military strategist whose tales will be told long after we are all gone, in a society whose culture is as superstitious as ours, can anyone really be surprised that even our generals fall for it?
As long as there's superstition, there's a gullible idiot who'll fall for anything that caters to their fancy.
