The company made a generous payment towards ANC election expenses in 2016. Now liquidators want paperwork from the lawyer whose trust account the funds were channelled through.
Transnet is struggling. The embattled freight railway and ports company owned by the South African state has faced corruption, setbacks and delays that have cost the public billions. But while some key figures have been criminally charged, others at the centre of Transnet’s capture and near.
The Supreme Court of Appeal has asked law firm Smit Sewgoolam Inc and senior advocate Vincent Maleka to explain why their conduct in litigation involving the Regiments group in its battle against SARS shouldn’t be referred to the Legal Practice Council. Maleka led evidence at the Zondo inquiry.
Thousands of pages have been handed over to the lawyers of former Transnet CEO Brian Molefe and his co-accused in the R398.4m Transnet corruption case. The lawyers will return to court in April 2023 to indicate whether they require any additional information. If not, a pre-trial date will be se.