Matric Luphondo and Kebone Masange are on trial for allegedly bribing a prosecutor to make a criminal case go away. The court is currently hearing a trial within a trial on the admissibility of evidence obtained in an undercover operation. | AlexMitchley
This was the question which took centre stage in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday, where Luphondo and his co-accused, former head of the Mpumalanga human settlements department, Kebone Masange, are on trial on charges of corruption.
She met with Nemaorani and Mphaga, who relayed he had been bribed by Plaatjie to withdraw a criminal case against Masange. Ngcobo told the court another verbal authorisation was given to add Luphondo as a target, but there was no need for her to open another inquiry.An honest mistake
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