Riyaz Patel
ANC MP and former state security minister Bongani Bongo has been released on bail of R5 000 following his arrest in connection with corruption allegations.
The MP is accused of trying to disrupt a Parliamentary inquiry into state capture at power utility Eskom on October 10, 2017.
“Bongo, who was the Minister of State Security at the time, allegedly approached an advocate within the commission who was an evidence leader to take sick leave on the day of the commencement of the [inquiry] with a view to derail the proceedings,” Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said.
The advocate was allegedly “offered an open cheque bribe and he consequently alerted his seniors, which culminated in the Hawks investigation,” Mulaudzi added.
Bongo appeared briefly in The Cape Town Magistrate’s Court Thursday.
Part of his bail conditions is that he does not make contact with State witnesses, as well as giving
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