A senior South African National Defence Force SANDF official accused of trying to bribe an investigating officer with R1.5m so he could stop an investigation against him has been released on R10,000 bail.
The arrest of Brig-Gen Johannes Mkhabela, the SANDFs special acquisition officer, came after he was allegedly caught red-handed with R50,000 trying to bribe the investigating officer.
He appeared on Monday at the Pretoria magistrates court, where he was charged with corruption and defeating the ends of justice. Sowetan understands that the case he is trying to squash is related to intimidation.
