R74M corruption case against MP Bongani Bongo and 17 others postponed.
The R74 million fraud and corruption case against African National Congress MP Bongani Bongo and 17 others has been pos³tponed to next Wednesday.
Bongo and his co-accused, which include privately owned entities, face 69 counts of fraud, corruption, money laundering and contravening the Public Finance Management Act in a land deal dating back to 2011.
It’s alleged that the accused acted jointly to defraud the Mpumalanga human settlements department during the purchase of two farms.
They appeared in the Nelspruit Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday.
Tuesday’s postponement was to allow the State to respond to a request for case particulars after one of the accused arrived in court with a new legal representative.
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