- The blue lights tender corruption case was postponed again.
- The postponement was to give the accused time to access the contents of the hard drives.
- The matter is due back in court in September.
The multimillion-rand blue lights tender corruption case has been postponed to September to give the accused time to access the contents of the hard drives.
The accused face charges of corruption, fraud, theft and money laundering in the matter currently before the Palm Ridge Specialised Crimes Court.
The accused are former national police commissioner, Khomotso Phahlane, former deputy national commissioner for human resources management, Lieutenant-General Bonang Mgwenya, former Gauteng police commissioner, Deliwe de Lange, and Gauteng deputy police commissioner, Nombhuruza Lettie Napo.
The other accused are Lieutenant-General Ramahlapi Mokwena (retired divisional commissioner), Brigadier James Ramanjalum, Colonel Thomas Dumas Marima and Sergeant Maetapese Joseph Mulaiwa.
The civilians are Judy Rose, Samantha Andrews and Vimpie Manthatha, the owner of Instrumentation for Traffic Law Enforcement (Pty) Ltd.
"The matter relates to a contract to supply emergency warning equipment for the South African Police Service in 2017.
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The contract was worth R191 million.
"However, R65 million was paid to the service provider, Instrumentation for Traffic Law Enforcement (Pty) Ltd. A payment of R22 million was stopped at the advanced stage of the NPA's Investigating Directorate's (ID) investigation into the matter," ID spokesperson Sindisiwe Seboka said in a statement on Wednesday.
This is yet another postponement in the matter.
News24 reported that the prosecutor, Tilas Chabalala, previously told the court the State had a watertight case against the accused.
The trial was scheduled to take place from 16 November to 10 December last year, but the court heard an application to dismiss the case by lawyers representing the accused.