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When was the undercover operation authorised to catch former Mpumalanga prosecutions boss Matric Luphondo allegedly paying a bribe to have a criminal case disappear?
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Former Mpumalanga prosecutions boss Matric Luphondo has failed in his bid to be acquitted in his corruption case after his legal challenge that there was no authorisation to prosecute him was dismissed.
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Was there legal authorisation to prosecute former Mpumalanga prosecutions boss Matric Luphondo for corruption and defeating the ends of justice? This is the concern Luphondo's lawyer has raised in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.
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Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions advocate Sibongile Mzinyathi took the decision to institute the corruption prosecution against former Mpumalanga DPP Matric Luphondo, which was reduced to writing.
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Former Mpumalanga National Prosecuting Authority boss Matric Luphondo has challenged the veracity of when a sting operation against him was authorised, as no specific date is given in the written application. ....