Booysen knew about Panday's political connections when the Hawks in KZN started investigating tenders relating to the 2010 World Cup and found R60m worth of suspect contracts that were awarded to Panday.
Even though Booysen and his team found highly incriminating evidence against Panday, the head of prosecutions in KZN, advocate Moipone Noko, withdrew the case against him in October 2014. Noko was known as a protégé of formerJiba decided in June 2012 that Booysen had to be charged withA judge in Durban ruled later that Jiba's decision to prosecute Booysen, who had been shortlisted to become the new national Hawks head in 2015, was irrational and unconstitutional.
Booysen and the members of his team who were prosecuted are compiling a massive civil claim against the NPA. Panday is still charged with fraud and corruption for trying to bribe Booysen during his investigation. He has tried to have the charges scrapped, but his application was unsuccessful.Read the full article in this week's Vrye Weekblad
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