The appellant, a senior manager in Telkom’s Affirmative Action Project, pleaded guilty in the Regional Court, Pretoria, to five counts of fraud. She abused her managerial position to submit false travel and expense claims and to authorise the purchase of airline tickets purportedly for Telkom employees on official business, which were in fact used for private purposes by her fiancé’s niece. The total amount involved was approximately R2 526. She had no previous convictions, earned about R20 000 per month, and was later practising as a consultant. The magistrate imposed fines, suspended imprisonment, and correctional supervision including house arrest, community service, and rehabilitative programmes. On appeal, the Transvaal Provincial Division partially reduced the sentence by removing house arrest and the alcohol/drug prohibition but left the fines and community service intact. A further appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal challenged the severity of the fines and the nature of the community service.