Head Topics

Charges withdrawn against Cato Manor 'death squad' cops

  • 📰 SowetanLIVE
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 27 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 14%
  • Publisher: 63%

South Africa Headlines News

There was spontaneous applause, cheers and tears in the Durban High court on Wednesday when charges were withdrawn against the remaining 27 accused in the so called Cato Manor 'death squad' case.

But the racketeering charges are gone and the indictment they were facing has been scrapped.

While three of the accused have subsequently died, all of the remaining police officers, except for those who have retired or resigned, are now back working in the police force having been cleared of any wrongdoing by internal disciplinary hearings. Edward Zuma was in business with local businessman Thoshan Panday, who was the target of a Hawks investigation probing allegations that he ripped off the police to the tune of R60m through the fraudulent procurement of accommodation for police officers for the 2010 World Cup.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 13. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Charges withdrawn against Cato Manor 'death squad' copsThere was spontaneous applause, cheers and tears in the Durban high court on Wednesday when charges were withdrawn against the remaining 27 accused in the so-called Cato Manor 'death squad' case.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »


Source: TheCitizen_News - 🏆 6. / 75 Read more »

Charges officially withdrawn against Johan Booysen and co-accusedRacketeering charges against former Hawks head Johan Booysen and his other co-accused in the Cato Manor investigative unit saga have been withdrawn.
Source: News24 - 🏆 4. / 80 Read more »

Charges withdrawn against Cato Manor 'death squad' copsThere was spontaneous applause, cheers and tears in the Durban high court on Wednesday when charges were withdrawn against the remaining 27 accused in the so-called Cato Manor 'death squad' case.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

Charges officially withdrawn against Johan Booysen and co-accusedRacketeering charges against former Hawks head Johan Booysen and his other co-accused in the Cato Manor investigative unit saga have been withdrawn.
Source: News24 - 🏆 4. / 80 Read more »

Extortion charges against McDonald Ndou 'provisionally withdrawn'McDonald is off the hook - for now.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »