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The Smith Family more testimonialsDURBAN – A POLICEMAN based at the SAPS vehicle pound in Isipingo, south of Durban, charged an unsuspecting couple R4 000 to perform routine administrative duties when he should not have done so.
On Monday, Constable Mbongeleni Ernest Goqo was sentenced to six years in jail for this act of corruption, of which three years were suspended for a period of five years, provided he did not commit a similar crime in that time.
In the past, the pound has been described as a den for shady deal-making between members of the public, criminal syndicates dealing in cars and spare parts, pound officials, and others.
To get deals moving and services rendered, the palms of certain pound officials required greasing.
This, in spite of tight security features at the facility.
Magistrate Fariedah Mohamed, who presided over Goqo’s case in the Durban Regional Court, was aware of the pound’s notorious reputation and said cases of a similar nature were also being dealt with by other courts.
Mohamed was at odds with how Goqo took advantage of Amina Sidat and her husband Zayd, charging them R4 000 for a police clearance on the vehicle they bought in March 2018.
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