Picture: Dr Malusi Gigaba in court with co-accused
By BAKANG MOKOTO
11 May 2026 – The corruption case against Dr Malusi Gigaba together with former Group Chief Financial Officer (GCFO), Anoj Singh, former Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Transnet, Brian Molefe, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Siyabonga Gama and Thamsanqa Jiyane who was the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO), appeared before the Gauteng Division of the High Court sitting in Johannesburg, where it was postponed to 10 July 2026 for consultations.
The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) spokesperson, Henry Mamothame said these consultations will be between the representatives of the accused wherein they are expected to finalise on the comparison of the docket disclosed by the NPA’s IDAC, which the court ordered that it should be completed before 30 July 2026. Mamothame said the state and the legal representatives of the accused further agreed that a formal timeline will be submitted to court by 15 May 2026, for pretrial issues, that includes applications for further particulars, can be agreed on and for trial dates to be determined.
“The indictments served on the accused relate to the period in which Transnet engaged in the process of acquiring locomotives to expand and modernise the country’s rail infrastructure, during which the tender processes were flouted, and three contracts were irregularly awarded to provide Transnet with 95, 100 and 1064 locomotives in three different contracts, resulting in a loss of billions of rands for Transnet,” he said.
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