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SowetanLive reports that a court interpreter allegedly solicited a R30,000 bribe from the sister of an accused, claiming she would use it to “buy sweets” for the magistrate who would grant the accused bail in return.
However, the plan backfired after an initial payment of R10,000 was made, and the interpreter allegedly relentlessly hounded the siblings for the balance until the implicated magistrate was alerted. Nomvuyo Dyosi works at the Blue Downs Magistrate's Court in Cape Town where Lennox Ntsodo appeared in connection with a fraud case in October 2023. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said Dyosi allegedly approached Lennox's sister, Zimasa Ntsodo, at his bail application to “buy sweets” for the magistrate to “rescue” her brother, whom Ntsodo suspected had been assaulted in custody. “The sister asked the accused what the ‘sweets’ she was referring to were, and the accused replied a payment must be made so she (Dyosi) could give the money to the magistrate for her brother to get bail,” Ntabazalila reported. The siblings told a family member, also employed at the court, what happened. The family member alerted the magistrate about the allegations. The magistrate denied the accusations against him and immediately reported the matter to the police. The case was postponed to 19 June 19 for further investigation and Dyosi was released on R1,000 bail.
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