By BAKANG MOKOTO
The Pretoria High Court postponed the case against Keshene Chetty and 40 of his co-accused to 25 July 2024, for confirmation of legal aid appointment of three of the accused and for pretrial conferencing. The court requested a representative from Legal Aid South Africa to assist in expediting the applications of the three accused.
The Investigating Directorate spokesperson, Henry Mamothame said their court appearance emanates from a tender fraud wherein procurement documents were allegedly tampered with in a tender meant for the branding of police vehicles. Mamothame said falsefied quotations were allegedly provided to the South African Police Service (SAPS).
“The accused are facing 456 charges that include racketeering, fraud, corruption, theft, forgery and money laundering. Amongst the accused are police officials who allegedly participated in the fraudulent processing of this tender, and 22 companies and their directors.
“The former head of SAPS supply chain management, Lieutenant General Ramahlapi Mokwena and three brigadiers are also part of the accused in this matter,” he said.
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