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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court has imposed a R200 000 fine or a four-year prison sentence, with half of either of the two suspended, for ANC Women’s League president Bathabile Dlamini.<\/p>\n

She was sentenced for perjury on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

In imposing the sentence, Magistrate Betty Khumalo said the offence was a serious one that warrants retribution.<\/p>\n

She said the sentence imposed should not only rehabilitate Dlamini, but should also reform her.<\/p>\n

Dlamini opted to pay R20 000 on Friday and the rest of the money on or before 29 April.<\/p>\n

Khumalo earlier found Dlamini guilty of perjury for lying under oath during a 2017 inquiry into the social grants debacle at the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) that left millions of grant beneficiaries unsure about whether they would receive their money.<\/p>\n

The magistrate also found that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and that the former minister had lied under oath.<\/p>\n

Dlamini’s defence team argued that she should not be found guilty of perjury because Section 38 proceedings, such as the Ngoepe Inquiry into the Sassa debacle, were not formal judicial ones.<\/p>\n

But Khumalo said the inquiry qualified as a formal judicial process.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. The Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court has imposed a R200 000 fine or a four-year prison sentence, with half of either of the two suspended, for ANC Women’s League president Bathabile Dlamini. She was sentenced for perjury on Friday morning. 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