The detective accused the Hawks of defeating the ends of justice after his files containing information about his investigation against former minister Bathabile Dlamini went missing.
Former Buffalo City Metro council speaker Luleka Simon-Ndzele has jumped ship to the newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party.The move is seen as a major boost for MK because she is a seasoned politician who spent many years in the ruling ANC, which deployed her to council.
The Bhisho high court has dismissed an application by one of the accused in the Nelson Mandela funeral fraud case to have evidence ruled inadmissible.Former Dr WB Rubusana regional ANC chair Pumlani Mkolo had challenged the admissibility of cellphone records, leading to a trial within a trial in 2020.
Buffalo City Metro has appointed its former CFO, Vincent Pillay, to a new top job just four years after it sacked him for his involvement in the Nelson Mandela funeral funds scandal.Pillay was suspended by the city in 2018 and fired in early 2019 after a municipal disciplinary hearing.
An unimpressed high court judge presiding over the trial of accused including former Buffalo City Metro officials and businesspeople has come down hard on the prosecution after yet another postponement.