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Acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Matric Luphondo and his co-accused have been released on bail in their corruption case.
Luphondo, Hawks official Ayanda Plaatjie and the head of the Mpumalanga human settlements department, Kebone Masange, appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate s Court on Thursday.
The three accused face corruption charges after they allegedly conspired to have criminal charges against Masange withdrawn by bribing the prosecutor in the case.
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Masange, a Zimbabwean-born national, was arrested in September 2020 on charges of fraud, the possession of fraudulent documents and the contravention of the Immigration Act. It s alleged that he entered South Africa illegally and used fraudulent documents in his application for the head of department post.
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