Felix Dlangamandla
The case against four people accused of fraud and corruption between Bosasa and the prisons department officials was postponed to give them more time to study the docket and possibly enter pleas.
Former Correctional Services Commissioner Linda Mti, its former chief financial officer Patrick Gillingham, and former Bosasa Chief Financial Officer Andries Van Tonder appeared in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court.
Former Bosasa Chief Operations officer Angelo Agrizzi was still not well enough to attend proceedings.
The case against four people accused of fraud and corruption between private contractor Bosasa and Correctional Services was postponed to give them more time to study the docket and possibly enter pleas, the Investigating Directorate said on Thursday.
Agrizzi skips court appearance, due to ill health
By Se-Anne Rall
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DURBAN - THREE of the four people implicated in the R1.8 billion fraud and corruption matter made a brief appearance in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court earlier today. The fourth, Angelo Agrizzi, the former Bosasa chief operations officer, did not appear alongside his co-accused, due to ill health.
Investigating Directorate spokesperson, Sindisiwe Twala, said former commissioner of correctional services Linda Mti, former DCS chief financial officer Patrick Gillingham and former Bosasa chief financial Officer Andries Van Tonder appeared in court this morning.
She said the accused requested that the matter be postponed to allow them a further extension to study the docket and possibly enter into pleas.
State throws down the gauntlet on former correctional services boss Linda Mti and Bosasa
By Baldwin Ndaba
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The State has thrown the gauntlet on former correctional services boss Linda Mti and former chief financial officer Patrick Gillingham to rebut allegations that they were the mastermind behind massive tenders worth R1.8 billion awarded to Bosasa.
On Thursday, the State furnished Mti, Gillingham and former Bosasa Andries van Tonder with the final charge sheet against each of them - detailing their individual role in the awarding of tenders which included the installation of CCTV cameras in most of correctional centres across the country.
The state has alleged that the pair acted in common purpose to facilitate a R180 000 bribe to a Department of Correctional Services official, Patrick Gillingham, who sat on the tender bid adjudication committee.
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