Bhisho High Court judge Igna Stretch has ruled that allowing information and documents produced by the state after September 9 in the fraud trial of former BCM politicians, officials and business people would be in breach of the accuseds'' rights to a fair hearing.
Monday’s long-awaited Mandela funeral scandal trial at the Bhisho high court against politicians, former Buffalo City Metro officials and businessmen was relegated to the building’s corridors after an electricity outage left the courtroom in the dark. This forced a further delay of the trial, set to run between April and June, as it was postponed to Tuesday by judge Igna Stretch.
Mandela fraud accused hit with forfeiture order PREMIUM By Adrienne Carlisle - 09 April 2021
About R1.38m, plus interest, of businessman Dean Fanoe’s funds have been forfeited to the state as ill-gotten gains from his role in the Nelson Mandela memorial services scandal.
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In a dramatic about-turn, a number of prominent ANC Eastern Cape figures will be back in court this week to face charges relating to a seven-year-old scandal over alleged misuse of funds meant for Nelson Mandela's funeral. Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba and the ANC's Dr WB Rubusana regional chairperson, Pumlani Mkolo, are among the high-profile names implicated in the imbroglio, in which an estimated R6m was allegedly misappropriated.