A south African student who splurged more than $63,000 of the $1.1M She erroneously received was arrested on Tuesday and appeared in court for alleged theft.
Sibongile Mani 28 a student of Walter sisulu university qualified last year for $110 in monthly food allowance from the national student financial aid scheme which aids underprivileged students
instead she was accidentally given $1.1 M in June and wet on a spending spree, splurging on expensive clothing, smartphone and partying.
it took the scheme three months to detect the error, recovered the remainder of the funds from her bank account.
She is ordered to appear again on July 2.