Senior Hawks official released on R10k bail

16 January 2025 - 07:32
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Hawks official accused of trying to influence investigation was released on R10,000 bail.
Hawks official accused of trying to influence investigation was released on R10,000 bail.
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A senior Hawks official accused of attempting to influence a police officer investigating an alleged corruption case against a councillor in Limpopo has been released on R10,000 bail. 

Brig Motajane Mapome, 54, from Pretoria, appeared in the Bela-Bela magistrate's court facing a charge of corruption.

“It is alleged that in January 2022, the accused came to Bela-Bela and offered a promotion to a police colonel and also offered to assist him to obtain tenders in exchange for him (police official) destroying evidence in a case of tender corruption which he was investigating,” said Limpopo National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Mashudu Malabi-Dzhangi. 

The case was postponed to March 26 for further investigation.

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