The former state security minister, Bongani Bongo, and four of his 10 co-accused were discharged by the Mbombela Commercial Crimes Court after the fraud and corruption charges against them were dropped on Friday, May 10. The charges relate to a R37.5m farm purchase in 2011.
On Friday, the court discharged Bongo, Sandile Nkosi, Robert Burwise, Patrick Chirwa and Harrington Dhlamini. They were charged with six others, including Dube, and four entities, with 69 counts of fraud, theft, corruption and contravention of the Public Finance Management Act. According to court papers, some of the accused allegedly exploited a purchase of land by the government by misrepresenting facts to the state regarding the ownership and true sale price of the farm.
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