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Thoshan Panday and his co-defendant Navin Madhoe appear in Durban Magistrates Court.
- Colonel Navin Madhoe, a KZN police officer, has retired days after appearing in court alongside businessman Thoshan Panday on corruption charges.
- Police spokesman Brig. Jay Naicker said he retired Monday.
- Madhoe is currently out on R10,000 bail and is returning to court on November 11.
Colonel Navin Madhoe of the harassed police has ended up as a police officer, less than a week after appearing alongside controversial businessman Thoshan Panday on corruption charges at the Durban Magistrates Court.
“I can confirm that he withdrew yesterday,” was all police spokesman Brig. Jay Naicker said Tuesday afternoon.
Panday and Madhoe were granted bail of R100,000 and R10,000 respectively on corruption-related charges after appearing in Durban Magistrates Court on Friday afternoon.
News24 reported that Madhoe was indifferent last Friday when she appeared before the magistrate, Vanitha Armu.
They have been charged together with former KZN Police Commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni and Captain Ashwin Narianpershad.
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State Attorney Talita Louw said they were confident of prosecuting all of the former cops.
He said the state’s case was based on documentary evidence, which included information gathered from invoices and documents.
Based on this, he said they were confident they would uphold the charges.
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Ravindra Maniklall, representing Madhoe, previously said his client would plead not guilty to all charges.
“These are old charges that have been in the public domain for 10 years. I am sure he wants to terminate it and terminate it rather than hang it unnecessarily over his head. We hope this matter can become final quickly so that they may be exonerated and leave this behind, “News24 reported citing.
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Panday was charged with fraud and corruption in connection with a tender for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Last month, the Pietermaritzburg High Court dismissed Panday’s request to review and overturn a decision by former National Director of Public Prosecution (NDPP) Shaun Abrahams to prosecute him, Madhoe and Narainpershad.
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It is alleged that Panday and his co-defendants defrauded SAPS in connection with the temporary provision of accommodation for police officers during the FIFA World Cup.
The tender was worth R47 million.
Abrahams, in 2016, overturned a decision by the KwaZulu-Natal Public Ministry Director Moipone Noko not to prosecute the Durban businessman and his co-defendants in the fraud and corruption case.
Noko further declined to prosecute two other cases against Panday, stemming from the original case.
This included a case of interference against Ngobeni, who allegedly instructed the former head of the Kwazulu-Natal Hawks, Major General Johan Booysen, to drop the investigation against Panday.
