A KwaZulu-Natal acting judge and the former head of department for agriculture and rural development were arrested by the Hawks on Tuesday in connection with fraud, corruption and money laundering regarding a 2016 tender.
Acting KwaZulu-Natal high court judge Sthembiso Mdladla and his co-accused Siphiwe Mkhize, former head of the agriculture and rural development department, were granted bail in the Pietermaritzburg magistrate’s court after their arrest on Tuesday.