10 October 2014
The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, General Riah Phiyega, has welcomed the conviction of two men by the Atteridgeville Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for attempting to bribe the station commander of Diepsloot police station, north of Johannesburg.
Lieutenant General Solomon Makgale said the two men were caught by the
anti-corruption investigators early last month in Col Balatse’s office
immediately after they handed five thousand rand to the colonel.
Makgale said of course the popular narrative
in South Africa is of the police officers accepting bribes while those doing
the bribery usually get away with it.
He also said it is a two way street and we
are committed to deal decisively with the briber and the one accepting the
bribe.
“I am certain that the 12 months prison sentence or the R5 thousand rand
fine imposed on criminals will serve as a strong warning to any person with
corrupt tendencies that our police officers are not up for sale Makgale added.
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