TimesLive reports that a Mpumalanga man has earned himself a four-year jail stay for attempting to bribe a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) official to drop a personal protection equipment (PPE) case against his sister.

Sipho Mpendulo Mapalala, 33, was sentenced on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to corruption in January. Hawks spokesperson Col Katlego Mogale indicated: “The accused was arrested by the Hawks’ national serious corruption investigation unit and the Special Investigating Unit in Nelspruit [Mbombela], Mpumalanga, during a joint operation that was conducted on August 9 2021. The accused was arrested after offering and handing over R50,000 to the complainant, an SIU official, to have a case against his sister disappear. Mapalala was trying to protect his sister who is in the employment of the department of public works in Mpumalanga.” Mogole said R63,600 was also found in Mapalala’s possession which was “seized”.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Philani Nombembe at SowetanLive

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