MPUMALANGA. – Thabiso Steven Mokwana (38) has been found guilty and sentenced after he attempted to bribe a manager of a dialysis facility in Trichardt to steal medical consumables worth approximately R47 000. The Evander Regional Court sentenced him on 28 October after he pleaded guilty to the charges.
Mokwana was sentenced to a fine of R6 000 or two years imprisonment for corruption. He was further sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, suspended for five years, for conspiracy and incitement of another person to commit a crime. For theft he was sentenced to a further two years imprisonment, also suspended for five years.
Lt.col. Magonseni Nkosi, Hawks spokesperson, says Mokwana approached the manager on 22 May 2024 and offered R5 000 in exchange for him stealing the dialysis equipment from the facility. The manager reported the offer to the Secunda branch of the Hawks. A controlled operation was then carried out and Mokwana was arrested after the equipment was loaded into a Volkswagen Polo.
Maj.gen. Nico Gerber, provincial head of the Hawks in Mpumalanga, praised the investigating team and the manager for reporting the attempted bribery.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
