The money allegedly used by a top National Prosecuting Authority official and suspended head of the Mpumalanga Department for Human Settlements Kebone Masange to allegedly bribe a top prosecutor could soon be forfeited to the state.
National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shamila Batohi applied for and was granted a preservation of property order in terms of section 38 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (Poca) by the North Gauteng High Court regarding the R33 000.
An amount of R33 000 held in the SA Police Service suspense account with reference number PTA CENTRAL 744/03/2021. This notice is addressed to Kebone Masange, who resides at the Shandon Estate, Mbombela, Mpumalanga and Matric Luphondo who resides at the Zambezi Country Estate, Montana, Pretoria,” reads the order.
The order was granted by Acting Judge Kganki Phahlamohlaka, and was published in the Government Gazette on November 19.
Luphondo, formerly the acting deputy director of public prosecutions in Mpumalanga, was arrested in March this year after he allegedly approached the prosecutor in Masange’s case and allegedly offered him an 18-year-old bottle of Glenfiddich whiskey, valued at R1 550, and R5 000 in cash to make his (Masange’s) charges of fraud, possession of fraudulent documents and contravening the Immigration Act disappear.
Luphondo then allegedly promised the prosecutor more and a few days later Hawks officer Lieutenant Colonel Ayanda Plaatjie, who has since died, allegedly delivered another R28 000 in cash to the prosecutor.
Masange was born in Zimbabwe and was arrested in September last year after it emerged that he had allegedly falsified his documents. Mpumalanga premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane later placed Masange on special leave.
Source: IOL
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