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SowetanLive reports that suspended KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) prisons head Mnikelwa Nxele, implicated at the state capture commission for allegedly accepting bribes from Bosasa, has been dismissed.
Department of Correctional Services (DCS) spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said Nxele’s axing was not related to the allegations placed before the commission by former Bosasa executive Angelo Agrizzi in January this year. Nxele was fingered by Agrizzi in an alleged plot to "place undue pressure" on former DCS national commissioner Vernie Petersen in 2007 and allegedly accepted bribes of about R57,500 a month from the firm. "It (the dismissal) was an internal disciplinary matter," Nxumalo said, adding that Nxele had been "duly informed". James Smalberger will continue to act as regional commissioner
- Read the original of the above report by Suthentira Govender at SowetanLive
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