CORRUPT OFFICIAL GETS 10 YEARS IMPRISONMENT

24 JUNE 2025

CORRUPT OFFICIAL GETS 10 YEARS IMPRISONMENT

The Durban Specialised Commercial Crimes Court has sentenced Nhlakanipho Wiseman Dlamini (45) to 10 years' direct imprisonment following his conviction on two counts of corruption (namely Procuring of tenders and Corrupt Activities Relating to Public Officials). He committed these offences between November 2019 and January 2020.

Dlamini was employed at Msunduzi Municipality as an acting Fleet Control Advisor, and a company named EWCop was contracted to supply and maintain vehicle tracking devices for the municipal vehicles. During 2018, EWCop’s contract with the Municipality ended, and the contract was subsequently extended on a month-to-month basis pending the outcome of the award for a new tender.

Dlamini then approached EWCop and solicited their offer to secure the pending tender in favour of EWCop. Dlamini further solicited R100,000 from EWCop to ensure that the outstanding payments in respect of the month-to-month contract were paid to EWCop. A trap was set up in section 252 A of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977, and Dlamini was arrested upon receiving the ‘trap’ money.

This evidence of the Section 252A trap and the related audio recordings formed part of the state’s case, presented by Adv. Reenai Ramouthar. Dlamini was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment on each of the two counts of corruption. Six years from count 2 was ordered to run concurrently with the sentence in count 1, resulting in an effective sentence of 10 years imprisonment.

The NPA welcomes this successful prosecution. Together with our partners in the Justice Cluster, we will ensure that corrupt officials are brought to book. Rooting out corruption remains an organisational priority.
 

Issued by:

Natasha Ramkisson-Kara
NPA Regional Spokesperson
KZN Division
071 6700 229