This emerged during the testimony of a state witness, Thesele Rankuotsana, who is the National Prosecuting Authority's senior financial investigator officer and former Hawks commercial crime invest.
This happened after the defence lawyers questioned the admissibility and authenticity of her evidence.The witness was sworn in and was set to testify about the transcripts acquired from the .
On Thursday, the prosecution team called a retired and experienced former Absa employee, Linda Channing, with more than 40 years of experience, as well as Norman Percival Smit, also with more than .
The defence has thus far managed to set a tone against charges levelled against the accused, which includes former government officials accused of colluding with the so-called Gupta associate Iqbal.
This is according to the state witness and former employee at Deloitte, Omri van Zyl.He said the controversial project lacked key elements of a successful project. Van Zyl further said the 2.