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A former head of the Hawks has been sentenced to prison.
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- A former deputy head of the Hawks has been sentenced to eight years in prison for corruption.
- It was discovered that the brigadier had asked a family for R40,000 to keep a file open, even though it had been investigated and closed.
- The family paid him 28,000 rand before reporting him.
A former deputy director of the Hawks was sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of corruption after he asked a family for a bribe to keep a file open.
Brigadier Simon Mzayifani Madonsela was sentenced at the Durban Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday on two corruption charges worth R28,000.
Madonsela’s unit had investigated the disappearance of a woman and subsequently closed the file.
“Madonsela went to the family of the missing woman and told them that her superiors wanted to close the file and that she needed R40,000 from them to make sure the file remained open,” said the spokeswoman for the National Prosecutor’s Office, Natasha Ramkisson-Kara.
Case
The court heard that he also told the family that the case was receiving his continued attention, although the file was already closed. The family was unable to pay the amount requested by Madonsela, but gave her 25,000 rand. Later, he applied for another R3,000, which was also paid by the family.
“Eventually they were frustrated that the matter was not moving forward and filed a charge against them. The matter was successfully prosecuted by the state’s chief advocate, Abbey Letsholo,” added Kara.
Madonsela was granted permission to appeal her conviction, which will be released on Friday.
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