Graft case against Panday, ex-KZN police head moves to Durban High Court Citizen reporter
Thoshan Panday. Picture: Twitter ‘The police [officials] are accused of colluding with Thoshan Panday to receive contracts from the KwaZulu-Natal police in 2010.’
The corruption case against businessman Thoshan Panday and former KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police commissioner, Mmamonnye Ngobeni, among others, will be before the Durban High Court on 8 February 2021 for a pretrial hearing.
On Thursday, the Durban Magistrate’s Court postponed the R47 million 2010 World Cup fraud and corruption case involving Panday, Ngobeni, and Colonel Navin Madhoe.
Spokesperson of the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA’s) Investigating Directorate, Sindisiwe Twala, said: “The trio appeare
Corruption case against former cop Ngobeni, Panday, co-accused postponed to 2021 One of the accused on Thursday failed to appear in the Durban Magistrates Court. Former KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni and co-accused Ashwin Narainpersad appeared in court on 5 October 2020 on fraud and corruption charges linked to a R47 million police tender during the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup. Picture: Nkosikhona Duma/EWN
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JOHANNESBURG - The high-profile corruption case involving Durban businessperson Thoshan Panday, two former cops, and former KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni on Thursday was postponed to next year for a pre-trial hearing.
One of the four accused, Ashwin Narainpershad, in the case did not appear in the Durban Magistrates Court on Thursday due to COVID-19 rules. They are facing multiple charges including fraud and corruption linked to a dub
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Businessman Thoshan Panday and his co-accused appeared in the Durban Magistrate s Court.
They are accused of fraud, corruption and racketeering charges in connection with a 2010 FIFA World Cup tender.
The matter was transferred to the KwaZulu-Natal High Court.
The corruption case of controversial Durban businessman Thoshan Panday and his co-accused has been transferred to the KwaZulu-Natal High Court for a pre-trial conference.
Panday and his co-accused, General Mmamonnye Ngobeni and Colonel Navin Madhoe, appeared in the Durban Magistrate s Court on Thursday on fraud, corruption and racketeering charges that relate to a 2010 FIFA world cup tender.
They are expected to return to court on 8 February 2021 for the pre-trial proceedings, Investigating Directorate spokesperson Sindisiwe Twala said.
More arrests expected in R47m 2010 World Cup tender fraud case
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Durban – Five more people are due to be arrested in relation to a R47million World Cup accommodation tender scam involving Durban businessman Thoshan Panday, former SAPS Colonel Navin Madhoe and former provincial police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni.
Panday, Madhoe and Ngobeni appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Thursday where the matter was postponed to February 8, 2021, for a pretrial hearing.
Investigating Directorate spokesperson Sindisiwe Twala said the trio appeared for the third time in the corruption case which involves the supply of KwaZulu-Natal police accommodation during the 2010 World Cup.
More arrests expected in Thoshan Panday 2010 World Cup corruption case Orrin Singh > By Orrin Singh - 11 November 2020 - 14:43 Durban businessman Thoshan Panday appeared in the Durban magistrate s court on Tuesday along with former cop Navin Madhoe, former KZN police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni and wheel-chair bound former policeman Ashwin Narainpershad. Image: Investigating Directorate Communications
More people are expected to be arrested in the high-profile corruption matter involving Durban businessman Thoshan Panday, former KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni and former cops Ashwin Narainpershad and Navin Madhoe.
This was revealed when all four accused appeared in the Durban magistrate s court on Tuesday.
In what has been a decade-long case, the state revealed that it was seeking a racketeering certificate after a sitting with national director of public prosecutions (NDPP) advocate Shamila Batohi, scheduled for next week.