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The NPA told the Durban Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday that it still needed to meet with the National Director of Public Prosecutions, defender Shamila Batohi, to add organized crime to the charge sheet.
Former KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni and her co-defendants Thoshan Panday, Ashwin Narainpersad and Navin Madhoe appeared in Durban Commercial Crimes Court on November 11, 2020 on charges of fraud and corruption related to a police tender of R47 million during the FIFA Soccer 2010 World Cup. Image: Nkosikhona Duma / EWN
DURBAN – The case against controversial businessman Thoshan Panday and former KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni was postponed on Wednesday until December 11.
The National Fiscal Authority (NPA) told the Durban Commercial Crimes Court that it still needed to meet with the National Director of Public Prosecutions, Defender Shamila Batohi, to add organized crime to the charge sheet.
Panday, Ngobeni and their two co-defendants, former police officers Navin Madhoe and Aswin Narainpersad, face multiple charges including fraud and corruption linked to a dubious tender issued during the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup.
All 4 are charged with bid fraud worth R47 million. The alleged graft dates back to the 2010 Soccer World Cup. The postponement follows the request by states for more time to add an organized crime charge on the matter. @NkoRaphael. pic.twitter.com/x5gKZGXMzy
EWN reporter (@ EWN reporter) November 11, 2020
The four defendants are suspected of manipulating the police bidding processes and assured that Panday irregularly received R47 million during the World Cup.
Panday is alleged to have rewarded Ngobeni, Madhoe and Narainpersad with bribes.
During Wednesday’s court proceedings, defense attorneys Jimmy Howse and Ravindra Maniklal vehemently opposed the state’s request for postponement.
They accused the State of being poorly prepared ten years after the alleged commission of the crime.
However, Judge Vanitha Armu ruled in favor of the state saying that the NPA had convinced the court that it had completed its investigations, and the request for postponement followed an argument that it was necessary to add an organized crime charge on the matter.
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