News24 reports that the Hawks arrested seven City of Johannesburg licensing centre officials for alleged fraud and corruption on Thursday morning.  

Four worked at the Martindale bulk licensing centre and three at the Langlaagte licensing centre.  They appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court and were granted R5,000 bail each.  The matter was postponed to 1 March.  Eight other officials were arrested earlier in January.  Meanwhile, another 72 Joburg licensing officials were served with suspension notices on Monday and they will face disciplinary hearings and arrest in coming weeks.

• Read this report by Iavan Pijoos in full at News24

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