The corruption trial of former Mpumalanga prosecutions boss Matric Luphondo and his co-accused, Kebone Masange, the former head of the Mpumalanga human settlements department, has been postponed to November. | AlexMitchley
Matric Luphondo and Kebone Masange are on trial for allegedly bribing a prosecutor to make a criminal case go away.It is alleged that Luphondo gave the prosecutor a bottle of whisky and R5 000 in cash.
Luphondo and Masange appeared in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. The court heard that Luphondo was unwell and had a doctor’s appointment scheduled for later in the day. News24 previously reported that there was an undercover operation in which Luphondo and Hawks official Ayanda Plaatjie were allegedly caught bribing a senior prosecutor, advocate Andrew Mphaga, to withdraw a fraud charge against Masange.
After Mphaga was approached, he allegedly told his supervisor, who authorised a operation against Plaatjie and later Luphondo. There was no legal written authorisation to prosecute me, says NPA man charged with corruptionDuring this operation, Luphondo allegedly met up with the prosecutor and handed him an 18-year-old bottle of Glenfiddich whisky, valued at R1 550, and R5 000 in cash. He allegedly also told the prosecutor there would be more.
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