{
  "id": 16757288,
  "title": "'Stop stealing public money': DA's Maliyakhe Shelembe blasts uThukela Municipal Manager Langelihle Jili over R100k corruption case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/stop-stealing-public-money-das-maliyakhe-shelembe-blasts-uthukela",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T15:02:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-10-27-stop-stealing-public-money-das-maliyakhe-shelembe-blasts-uthukela-municipal-manager-langelihle-jili-over-r100k-corruption-case/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "DA uThukela Political Head Maliyakhe Shelembe has criticized uThukela District Municipality Municipal Manager Langelihle Jili and his co-accused, Bongumenzi Dlamini, for allegedly accepting and demanding bribes totaling R100,000 and R600,000 respectively. The pair were arrested by the Hawks on October 21 and charged with corruption. Shelembe highlighted that corruption in municipalities had reached crisis levels and urged municipal managers to stop stealing public money. The bail hearing for Jili and Dlamini has been adjourned to Thursday at the Durban Magistrate's Court, with the Hawks commending the officers' integrity for refusing the alleged bribe.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}