Former Transnet officials Siyabonga Gama, Garry Pita and Phetolo Ramosebudi as well as key state capture roleplayer Eric Wood, from Gupta-linked Regiments and Trillian are appearing in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court.
Regiments Capital has suffered a significant loss in its bid to evade prosecution, with a full Bench of the high court ruling that there are reasonable grounds for believing that a criminal court may convict the defendants, including the director defendants, of the offences identified by the Na.
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The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has scored a major victory in its battle to take on state capture corruption – by overturning a Gauteng High Court ruling that unfroze R1 billion in assets allegedly linked to the looting of Transnet. On Tuesday morning, a full bench of the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg ruled in favour of the NPA's challenge to the October 2020 ruling given by Judge Maletsatsi Mahalelo. Mahalelo had found that then-Investigating Directorate head Hermione Cronje's failure to disclose "material facts", when she successfully applied for the freezing of assets belonging to the directors of Regiments Capital, was a basis to overturn that freezing order.
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has overturned a ruling that unfroze R1 billion in assets linked to the alleged looting of Transnet by Gupta associates.