DURBAN - Suspended KwaZulu-Natal Correctional Services Commissioner Mnikelwa Nxele has been granted R50,000 bail.
He appeared in court on Wednesday on charges of fraud and money laundering, allegedly committed between 2004 and 2023.
His arrest comes just weeks after he emerged as a whistle-blower, alleging widespread irregularities in the Correctional Services Department's food procurement system.
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Nxele claimed food prices were deliberately inflated after National Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale centralised procurement under his office.
The court ordered Nxele not to speak to witnesses, remain at a specified address, and surrender his passport.
The matter has been postponed to 16 September.