Matric Luphondo is on trial along for attempting to bribe a fellow prosecutor
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email., the former acting director of public prosecutions in Mpumalanga, has been fired following a labour arbitration process as his criminal trial for corruption continues, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Friday.
“Adv Luphondo, in particular as a senior manager in the NPA, should have acted at all times with the highest ethical standards and executed his duties without fear, favour or prejudice.” At a second meeting, Mphanga testified, Luphondo handed him a box containing R5 000 in cash and a bottle of 18-year-old Glenfiddich, and suggested further gratification would follow. He pleaded not guilty to all charges in the arbitration hearing, He submitted that the evidence was fabricated and further that the NPA could not bring disciplinary charges against him based on criminal allegations in the absence of a court conviction.
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