Blue lights matter postponed
The accused face charges of corruption, fraud, theft and money laundering.
The Palm Ridge Specialised Crimes Court postponed the multimillion police blue lights corruption case to September 27 to give time to the accused to access the contents of the hard drives that form part of the evidence to be set before court.
The matter relates to a contract to supply emergency warning equipment for the SAPS in 2017.
The contract was worth R191-milion, however, R65-m was paid to the service provider, Instrumentation for Traffic Law Enforcement (Pty) Ltd. A payment of R22-m was stopped at the advanced stage of the NPA’s Investigating Directorates (ID) investigation into the matter.
The accused in the matter are former national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane, former deputy national commissioner for human resources management Lt-Gen Bonang Mgwenya, former Gauteng police commissioner Deliwe de Lange, Gauteng deputy police commissioner Nombhuruza Lettie Napo, retired divisional commissioner Lt-Gen Ramahlapi Johannes Mokwena, Brig James Ramanjalum, Col Thomas Dumas Marima and Sgt Maetapese Joseph Mulaiwa.
Civilians accused in the matter are Judy Rose, Samantha Andrews and Vimpie Manthatha, the owner of Instrumentation for Traffic Law Enforcement (Pty) Ltd. The accused face charges of corruption, fraud, theft and money laundering.
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