Overview

• Cape Town regional court imposed a 10-year term, with three years suspended for five years, leaving Modack to serve an effective seven years.
• Investigators found Modack paid about R146,000 to Brig Kolindren Govender in exchange for preferential treatment during investigations.
• Govender prevented the seizure of Modack’s Mercedes-Benz and blocked cooperation between the Paarl vehicle identification unit and Cape Town Central investigators.
• Govender has pleaded guilty in the related corruption matter and has already been sentenced.
• The court declared Modack unfit to possess a firearm, and he faces separate cases that include murder, attempted murder, extortion and other charges linked to broader organised-crime probes.