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"Former Eastern Province Rugby Union (EPRU) president Cheeky Watson has been arrested on charges of fraud or corruption according to South African media reports.
According to the Herald LIVE website, Watson was arrested in Port Elizabeth on Friday by South Africa's Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, the Hawks, along with Nadia Gerwel, Andrea Wessels, Mandisa Mkaza and Stephan Pretorius.
Their arrests are believed to be linked to the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's Integrated Public Transport System (IPTS) funds of R200 million which was squandered.
Those arrested, will appear in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court later on Friday.
Watson resigned from his position as EPRU president at the end of last month. Under his leadership the EPRU suffered a financial crisis in 2015 during which the union were unable to pay its players' salaries.
Prior to that, he faced several motions of no confidence after a R200m sponsorship which he promised for the EPRU's Super Rugby franchise, the Kings, failed to materialise.
EPRU's affairs were eventually placed into the administrative control of SA Rugby after the Port Elizabeth-based union was liquidated."
Was this the R200 million Cheeky Watson bragged about? Stole the money from the Municipality and it then vanished into thin air or was squandered in the own interests of the arrested people.
This was part of the clean-up the DA is following through on after taking over the three major Metros from the ANC and it is indeed surprising the Police arrested Cheeky Watson. I think the charges will be dropped with the new Police Minister in charge. After all he and Cheeky are close friends and thiefs of a kind flock together.
