Judgment in the application by seven of the eight accused in the first Gupta-linked state capture trial in the Bloemfontein High Court is expected on 12 April. Lawyers for the accused argued there was a lack of evidence, but the state hit back, saying there was common purpose to defraud.
A top Free State government official testified in the first State Capture trial involving a multimillion-rand feasibility study for the Gupta-linked Vrede Dairy Project.
A State Capture trial involving the Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s controversial multimillion-rand Vrede Dairy Project began in the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein on Monday.