The R54 million police software corruption trial of former acting national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane and five co-accused has been postponed to 12 November.
The accused appeared in the High Court in Pretoria, where the State requested a postponement to amend the charges, according to eNCA’s report published on Monday, 9 November.
The case concerns two SAPS contracts worth approximately R54 million. The State alleges that procurement processes for police monitoring software were manipulated during Phahlane’s tenure as acting commissioner.
The reported development is a postponement. The source does not establish that the requested charge amendments have been granted, and it reports no verdict or finding of guilt.
Read the original court report.
Archive photograph: the South African flag, photographed on 31 October 2008, not a court appearance or a depiction of the accused. Photo: Chris Eason / Wikimedia Commons. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Africa.jpg . Licence: CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ . Cropped and resized for display.
