Portia Phahlane, the Pretoria high court judge at the centre of a bribery scandal involving the International Pentecost Holiness Church IPHC succession battle, was allegedly promised a house and R2m was then deposited into a trust account of a conveyancer.
Phahlane, who is the judge in the litigation between three factions of the church over its leadership, is accused of accepting money for the court to rule in favour of Michael Sandlana, who leads one of the factions in the litigation.
R2m was then deposited into a trust account of a conveyancer for a property worth R6.5m in Hartbeespoort in June 2022 from Songo, a company owned by Phuthi which pays legal fees and security services for and on behalf of the IPHC.