Overview

• The Cape Town regional court imposed a 10-year sentence with three years suspended for five years, leaving an effective seven years to be served.
• The court ordered that Modack be declared unfit to possess a firearm.
• Hawks investigators said Modack paid R146,000 to Brigadier Kolindren Govender in exchange for special treatment.
• According to the Hawks, Govender blocked cooperation between SAPS units, preventing the seizure of Modack’s Mercedes-Benz that was central to an inquiry.
• Govender has pleaded guilty and been sentenced, while Modack still faces separate cases including murder, attempted murder, tax fraud and extortion, and he was arrested in connection with Lt-Col Charl Kinnear’s killing.