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Durban businessman Thoshan Panday and police officer Navin Madhoe.
- The NPA revealed that the two remaining suspects in the multi-million dollar SAPS bid fraud case were expected to turn themselves in at Durban’s central police station on Monday.
- They were then expected to proceed immediately to the Durban Magistrates Court to request bail.
- They faced charges of fraud between 2008-2009 and 2010 through the provision of accommodation and the purchase of goods for the SAPS before and during the 2010 World Cup.
The National Prosecution Authority (NPA) revealed that the two remaining suspects in the multi-million dollar SAPS tender case were expected to turn themselves in at Durban’s central police station on Monday.
According to NPA spokesman Sipho Ngwema, the suspects were expected to turn themselves in at Durban Central Police Station on Monday, October 5 at 08:00.
“They will then immediately go to the Durban Magistrates Court to [a] request for bail, “Ngwema said.
Ngwema did not name the two suspects.
On Friday, City Press reported that Durban businessman Thoshan Panday and police officer Colonel Navin Madhoe appeared before Durban Magistrates Court, where they faced charges of fraud between 2008-2009 and 2010 through the provision of accommodation and the purchase of goods for South Africans. Police Services (SAPS) before and during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
The other two co-defendants, former KwaZulu-Natal Police Chief Mmamonnye Ngobeni and former SAPS official Aswin Narainpershad, were not present in court.
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News24 previously reported that Ngobeni had agreed to turn himself in, but had not done so.
Narainpershad was believed to be in Cape Town, and would be arrested and charged separately, according to Investigation Directorate spokesman Sindiswa Twala.
Panday and Madhoe were granted bail of R100,000 and R10,000, respectively, and the case was expected to be heard in High Court on November 14.
