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By IOL Reporter 
December 17, 2020
Durban – Five more people will be arrested in connection with a R47 million World Cup accommodation bid scam involving Durban businessman Thoshan Panday, former SAPS colonel Navin Madhoe and former provincial police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni.
Panday, Madhoe and Ngobeni appeared in Durban Magistrates Court on Thursday, where the matter was postponed until February 8, 2021 for a pre-trial hearing.
Investigations Directorate spokesman Sindisiwe Twala said the trio appeared for the third time in the corruption case involving the provision of accommodation for the KwaZulu-Natal police during the 2010 World Cup.
“The fourth defendant, former Police Captain Aswin Narainpershad, did not show up because he was observing Covid-19 protocols. An arrest warrant was issued, but it was pending the next appearance in February, “he said.
Twala said that state attorney Dorien Paver submitted a racketeering certificate signed by the National Director of Public Prosecutions along with a racketeering indictment, as ordered by the court on Nov. 11, 2020.
“The police are accused of colluding with Panday to receive KZN police contracts in 2010. Ngobeni faces corruption charges related to payments made for her husband’s birthday party, failure to disclose the benefits received from Panday, as well as a charge of defeating the administration of justice, ”Twala said.
It is alleged that Panday colluded with Madhoe to offer General Johan Booysen a R2 million bribe to subvert the investigation against Panday and Madhoe. He is also charged with conspiring with the other defendants to defraud the police.
The matter has been postponed and transferred to the Durban High Court for trial.
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