Murunwa Makwarela handed himself in at the Brooklyn police station. Makwarela faces fraud charges, related to a forged insolvency rehabilitation certificate he submitted to the City, in attempting to stay on as Mayor. The multiparty coalition in Tshwane laid charges of fraud after the certificate was confirmed to be fake. Murunwa Makwarela resigned soon after. He is facing fraud charges and is expected to make his first appearance in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria on Monday morning.

The City of Tshwane had approached the Hawks to probe Makwarela for fraud, after he submitted a fake insolvency clearance certificate. Makwarela had attempted to remain as mayor and produced a "court document", which he claimed was evidence that he had been cleared of his insolvency. The document, which he said was issued by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, was declared fake. The High Court issued a statement stating that the court had never published an insolvency clearance certificate for Makwarela. Makwarela resigned on 10 March, saying he was saving the City from a public backlash, but insisted that he was innocent.

The City of Tshwane has yet to estimate how much it plans to recover from Makwarela, who had served as a councillor since November 2021, and earned perks as speaker of the council, the position he held before being elected mayor. The law does not allow people who were declared insolvent to hold public office. This means Makwarela was illegally elected as a councillor following the municipal elections in 2021.