On Friday afternoon saw top Durban businessman and former Jacob Zuma associate Thoshan Panday, 48, in the dock of the Durban Magistrate’s Court alongside SAPS Colonel Navin Madhoe, 51.
The Investigating Directorate spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority, Sindisiwe Twala, said the charges include multiple counts of corruption, while three of them face counts of fraud and forgery.submitted that he owned “immovable assets and four cars” in Plettenberg Bay but did not mention their monetary value. He said he earned R20 000 a month that he used “to pay my ordinary expenses”.
Late Friday, the Investigative Directorate confirmed they were in the process of locating Ngobeni and Narainpershad.Meanwhile, in Durban’s Commercial Crimes Court on Friday, another official from the KZN Premier’s Office and three service providers appeared for alleged tender fraud. The case is related to a R24m catering tender in which five other officials were arrested earlier this year.
The four are to reappear in April. In July, the five arrests related to the same tender included chief financial officer Zipathe Cibane; the premier’s personal assistant, Nomusa Zwane; senior administration officer Sithembiso Msomi; administration clerk Njabulo Makhathini; and Gugu Kheswa, a director of Phumulanga Communications.