Two KZN traffic officers given six years for corruption
Two KwaZulu-Natal traffic officers have begun serving six year sentences for corruption.
Sandile Mthabela (35) and Thokozani Dladla (33) were sentenced in the Eshowe Magistrate's Court on Friday last week.
Mthabela and Dladla, who were attached to the Mthonjaneni Municipality Traffic and Security Department in Melmoth in northern KwaZulu-Natal, were found guilty of demanding a bribe in June 2015.
The officers were found to have stopped a truck on Melmoth Road, claiming that it had defective brakes.
The vehicle was then impounded and a bribe of R2,500 was demanded from the driver.
The driver informed his employer and contacted the Hawks.
A sting operation was set up the following day.
Both officers were arrested and charged with corruption. They appeared in court several times before being sentenced on the 9 February, 2018.
Mthabela and Dladla, who were attached to the Mthonjaneni Municipality Traffic and Security Department in Melmoth in northern KwaZulu-Natal, were found guilty of demanding a bribe in June 2015.
The officers were found to have stopped a truck on Melmoth Road, claiming that it had defective brakes.
The vehicle was then impounded and a bribe of R2,500 was demanded from the driver.
The driver informed his employer and contacted the Hawks.
A sting operation was set up the following day.
Both officers were arrested and charged with corruption. They appeared in court several times before being sentenced on the 9 February, 2018.