Khayelitsha police station does not have the forms an allegedly corrupt government official must sign in connection with his bail conditions, a city court has heard.
This emerged when Andile Ntsume, 45, a suspended senior planner at the Land Claims Office, appeared briefly in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
His advocate, Bonginkosi Vumase, told the court his client was reporting to the station on a Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in accordance with his bail conditions but that there was nothing for him to sign.
Magistrate Vusi Mhlanga said Ntsume should take it up with the clerk of the court or the police.
Prosecutor Natalie Johnson asked that the matter be postponed for further investigation.
Ntsume, who is out on R5 000 bail, also had to hand his keys and the card that allows him access to the Land Claims Office in Long Street to the investigating officer.
He was arrested during a police operation on November 14 after an internal auditor noticed that he was allegedly receiving kickbacks.
The Land Claims Office deals with land claims in the form of restitution to beneficiaries, many of whom work in the agricultural industry.
It is alleged that Ntsume accepted bribes to the amount of R5 000 from a beneficiary or beneficiaries.
Magistrate Mhlanga extended bail for Ntsume and postponed the matter to March 20.
- Cape Argus
This emerged when Andile Ntsume, 45, a suspended senior planner at the Land Claims Office, appeared briefly in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
His advocate, Bonginkosi Vumase, told the court his client was reporting to the station on a Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in accordance with his bail conditions but that there was nothing for him to sign.
| An internal auditor noticed that he was allegedly receiving kickbacks |
Prosecutor Natalie Johnson asked that the matter be postponed for further investigation.
Ntsume, who is out on R5 000 bail, also had to hand his keys and the card that allows him access to the Land Claims Office in Long Street to the investigating officer.
He was arrested during a police operation on November 14 after an internal auditor noticed that he was allegedly receiving kickbacks.
The Land Claims Office deals with land claims in the form of restitution to beneficiaries, many of whom work in the agricultural industry.
It is alleged that Ntsume accepted bribes to the amount of R5 000 from a beneficiary or beneficiaries.
Magistrate Mhlanga extended bail for Ntsume and postponed the matter to March 20.
- Cape Argus
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