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The R280-million Estina corruption case, in which former mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Zwane is one of the 15 accused, has been postponed to 29 August 2023 for further pre-trial processes.
The lawyer representing Dinesh Patel, an accused in the Gupta-linked Nulane Investments case, said he would be demonstrating a "wholly irregular process" by police officers in relation to a search-and-seizure operation at the offices of one of the State's witnesses. On Wednesday, the Bloemfontein High Court heard testimony from the Free State head of agriculture, Takisi Masiteng, who was appointed in that position in 2020.
Makwenkwe Bunu, who was part of the search and seizure operation of documents at the Department of Agriculture in relation to the so-called Gupta lieutenant Iqbal Sharma’s Nulane Investments compan.
The lawyer representing Dinesh Patel, an accused in the Gupta-linked Nulane Investments case, said he would be demonstrating a 'wholly irregular process' by police officers in relation to a search-and-seizure operation at the offices of one of the State's witnesses.