The first two defendants who are charged with, among others, fraud, corruption, and money laundering of almost R500 million over the construction contract of the controversial psychiatric hospital in Kimberley, were released on bail.
A former government official and a company director face fraud, corruption and money laundering charges in court on Tuesday – two decades after R420m was spent building an “unusable” mental health facility in the Northern Cape.
A former Head of the Department for Roads and Public Works and a director of Babareki Consulting Engineers, who appointed a liquidated contractor on a building project, were arrested for fraud, corruption, and money laundering totalling R420 million.