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News24 reports that a high-ranking police officer - who has had previous brushes with the law - has once again been arrested, this time over allegations of tender fraud relating to a R79 million contract to provide furniture to the SA Police Service (SAPS).
Brigadier Stephinah Mahlangu and her two co-accused, police officers Colonel Meriam Garekoe and Colonel Nehemia Maleka, made their first appearance in the dock at the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. They have been charged with fraud relating to a 2019 SAPS tender to provide office furniture. The three police officials formed part of the bid evaluation committee (BEC) tasked with assessing the bids for the tender. The prosecutor said the accused, as part of the BEC, made false submissions, which resulted in the tender being awarded to KJP Traders in 2019. The State further alleged that the accused lied when they told the BEC that they had done diligence on the company and that it met all the requirements for appointment to render services to SAPS. All three accused were granted bail, which was set at R20,000 each. This was not Mahlangu’s first time in the dock. In February 2022, she and 14 others were arrested for allegedly defrauding the police of more than R1.9 million through personal protective equipment tenders. In June 2022, she was arrested and charged with fraud and corruption relating to four contracts worth R960,000 in the national police commissioner’s corporate services office that were allegedly irregularly awarded. In her bail affidavit on Wednesday, Mahlangu confirmed that she had two criminal matters pending against her.
Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Alex Mitchley at News24 (subscription / trial registration required)
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