Gospel Life

Mahikeng police officials were on Thursday withholding the name of a “well-known gospel musician and radio DJ” they arrested for alleged corruption.

In a statement, North West provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Zukizwa Mbombo said the musician is allegedly an accomplice in soliciting a bribe from a fraudster, and was arrested on Wednesday.

Mbombo did not mention the muso’s name but only revealed that he works at a North West radio station.

The muso had allegedly teamed up with a policeman, “who was still being investigated”, and approached the fraudster, demanding a bribe of R2, 000 to squash the criminal case against him. It is understood that police reacted after members of the public phoned the radio station complaining about the muso.

He was expected to appear in the Mahikeng magistrate’s court within 48 hours on charges of corruption.