The two lawyers are alleged to have bribed a police officer.
Two attorneys appeared in the Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of corruption following an intensive investigation by the Hawks into an alleged attempt to bribe an investigating officer to destroy a criminal case.
Amukelani Voster Nwandzule, 42, and Rudzani Michael Netshiavha, 49, were served with a summons to appear in court in May by members of the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team.
The North West spokesperson for the Hawks, Lieutenant Colonel Tinyiko Mathebula, said this follows an investigation into offering a bribe to a police officer in order to have their client’s case destroyed.
“It is alleged that in July 2020, two suspects were arrested in Rustenburg on charges of theft of diesel and malicious damage to essential infrastructure. Following the arrest of the two suspects, Nwandzule and Netshiavha, as the legal representatives of the arrested suspects, allegedly approached the arresting officer to make bail application arrangements. The pair reportedly indicated that they were instructed by the employer of the two arrested suspects, whose vehicle was impounded as it was used in the commission of a crime,” Mathebula said.
