she erroneously received was arrested on Tuesday and appeared in court
for alleged theft, police said.
Sibongile Mani, 28, was arrested by the police's serious commercial
crime unit after she was asked to turn herself in, Anelisa Feni,
spokeswoman for an elite police unit, the Hawks, told AFP.
Mani, a student at Walter Sisulu University in Eastern Cape province,
appeared before a magistrate court on charges of theft.
She qualified last year for 1,400-rand ($110) in monthly food
allowances from the National Students Financial Aid Scheme, which aids
underprivileged students.
Instead, she was accidentally given $1.1 million in June and went on a
spending spree, splurging on expensive clothing, a smartphone and
partying.
It took the scheme three months to detect the error. It recovered the
remainder of the funds from her bank account.
Mani was released on a warning and ordered to appear again on July 2.
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