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TimesLIVE reports that the Hawks have arrested two correctional services officials in Limpopo in connection with tender irregularities.
A companion of one of the officials stationed at the Kutama Sinthumule Prison in Louis Trichardt was also taken into custody. Hawks spokesperson Captain Matimba Maluleke advised that a procurement officer and an official in the human resources department at the prison were arrested on Wednesday. The officials allegedly connived with a supplier and approved a tender for mattresses at the facility at exorbitant prices in exchange for kickbacks. Maluleke said the investigation revealed that the procurement officer further transferred just over R130,000 into the accomplice’s bank account. The suspects will appear in the Makhado Magistrate’s Court on 20 June 2019 on charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering. Maluleke further advised that the same procurement officer, together with another person, had been arrested by the same team “for allegedly overpricing services in return for gratification amounting to over R2.3m.” They will appear back in court on 28 June.
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