NEWSFLASH: IPID strikes while the iron is hot, arrests two high-ranking SAPS members

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NEWSFLASH: IPID strikes while the iron is hot, arrests two high-ranking SAPS members By Marianne Thamm MarianneThamm

Both men were arrested on Friday morning, 1 March, on charges of fraud and corruption relating to a R86-million blue lights tender.They will be joining f

ormer Gauteng police commissioner, Deliwe de Lange, national divisional commissioner in charge of supply chain management, Lieutenant General Ramahlapi Mokwena, Brigadier James Ramajalum and Gauteng deputy police commissioner Nombhuruza Napo in the dock. The tender for the supply of blue lights, sirens and radios for SAPS vehicles was awarded to millionaire businessman, Vimpie Manthatha’s Traffic Law Enforcement company in 2016. It is alleged that the businessman supplied a fake tax clearance certificate to SAPS in tendering for the lucrative job.Note: This is a developing story.

 

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