DURBAN – Police in KwaZulu-Natal are acting on their words of rooting out corruption and criminality from within the service. This was evident when the Provincial Anti-Corruption Unit members arrested two police officers aged 41 and 42 years for corruption in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday, 28 May 2026.
A case of common assault was registered at Alexandra Road Police Station on Saturday, 28 February 2026, and it is alleged that on Tuesday, 3 March 2026 two police officers, accompanied by the complainant in the assault common case went to the workplace of the suspect in the matter. The suspect was placed under arrest, and the arresting officers are alleged to have requested R1000 bail money from the suspect. The suspect did not have cash on him, however arrangements were made with employer to pay the requested amount, with an agreement that the employer will deduct the money from his salary.
When the suspect was released by the court he enquired about his bail money, and he was directed to go to the police station where a case of corruption was subsequently registered. On Friday, 22 May 2026, one of the police officers proceeded to the complainant’s workplace to pay back the R1000 and asked him to withdraw the corruption case against him and his colleague. The complainant refused to take the money from the police officer. The Provincial Anti-Corruption members arrested the two officers and charged them with corruption. They will appear in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday, 29 May 2026.
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