Hawks officer and court employee in hot water after allegedly soliciting R20,000 bribe from accused to make her case ‘disappear’

Two Limpopo government officials appeared in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday where they are facing charges of corruption and defeating the ends of justice.Morongwa Joyce Thobejane,53, a stenographer at the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court, and Warrant Officer Matladi Jeridah Chokoe, 45, who is attached to Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, commonly known as the Hawks, were arrested on October 7, 2024.National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson in Limpopo, Mashudu Malabi-Dzhangi said their arrest follow an intensive investigation that began in February 2020….