Scorpions advocate indicted on corruption charges

Kgantsi (39) faces one count each of fraud, attempted theft and attempting to defeat the administration of justice; seven counts of corruption; and one each of extortion and furnishing the court with false information during an application for bail. Magistrate George Andrews postponed Kgantsi’s bail application on new facts until December 13, ordering her to be held in custody, says a report on the IoL site. Among the allegations she faces is that she lied to the National Prosecuting Authority that she had no previous convictions to obtain a security clearance. She is further accused of trying to steal ten bricks of hashish from the Scorpions and of trying to defeat the ends of justice by removing the hashish, which was an exhibit held pending the outcome of a criminal trial. Full report on IoL site