The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) welcomes the announcements by President Ramaphosa in his response to the State Capture Commission recommendations. His response highlights the importance of strengthening the NPA as a key part of South Africa’s broader response to complex corruption. They reflect the outcome of collective inputs made by criminal justice partners into the preparation of the report, as well as views expressed by civil society actors.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) committed to enrolling nine seminal matters before the end of September 2022 as part of its constitutional mandate to take decisive and visible action against high-level corruption and state capture. 

Group Chief Executive of Transnet Brian Molefe, former Group Chief Financial Officer Anoj Singh, Regiments Capital Directors Niven Pillay and Litha Nyhonhya appeared before the Palm Ridge Specialised Crimes Court this morning after their arrest by the NPA’s Investigating Directorate, assisted by the Hawks.

The former Transnet executives and their co-accused are charged with contravention of the PFMA and fraud, while the other accused are charged with fraud, corruption and money laundering. 

Mpumalanga: The Nelspruit Specialized Commercial Crimes Court has today convicted and sentenced Robert Reginald Booth(53) and Barry Victor Welgemoed(35),  both from Nelspruit to eight years imprisonment for corruption. This was after the pair pleaded guilty to the offence, which was committed on 16 March 2022, at Kingston Valley Farm, near Karino in Nelspruit.

The Umlazi Regional Court, sentenced Lungile Qoza and Ntombikayise Khambule, to life and 20 years imprisonment for July 2020 murder, of an 81-year-old man in the Engoyameni area, near Umlazi. Qoza worked for the victim, Mohammed Salajee, who hailed from the Chatsworth area. On the day of the incident, he left his home with R150000, intended to pay for a property he planned to purchase. Qoza knew about this, and colluded with Khambule and a hitman, to rob him of the money.