The likelihood that the marathon trial of Portia “Pankie” Sizani will get started again in 2021 dwindled when the case was postponed on Monday in Gqeberha.
Two-and-a-half years after she was convicted of defrauding the provincial education department of R1.2m by creating “ghost” teachers, Portia “Pankie” Sizani is expected back in court on Monday for her six-year-long criminal trial to start all over again.
Counterfeit women s fragrances worth about R1.2m were seized in Gqeberha. Stock image. Image: 123RF/garloon
Counterfeit perfumes worth an estimated R1.2m being sold at a shop in North End in Gqeberha have been seized by the police.
Police spokesperson Col Priscila Naidu said authorities received a tip-off about counterfeit goods were being sold, and a joint operation was carried out on Thursday by Port of Ngqura border policing and patent attorneys Spoor & Fisher.
“Police accompanied by a representative from the patent attorney’s office searched the shop and 751 units of ladies’ perfumes were seized,” said Naidu.
“A warning was issued to the owner of the store for contravention of patent laws through trading in counterfeit goods. The goods were handed over to the registered patent attorneys for storage at a licensed warehouse.”
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