The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has requested additional time to finalise the charge sheet in the corruption case involving former African National Congress (ANC) national spokesperson Pule Mabe.
During court proceedings on Tuesday, State prosecutor Magdaline Montwedi-Mclean confirmed that while all relevant documents had been handed over to the defence, the finalised charge sheet remains outstanding.
Montwedi-Mclean assured the court that the prosecution was in the final stages of preparing the charge sheet and committed to presenting it before the next scheduled hearing.
“The State has since furnished all the accused with the charge sheet from the docket, which was the State’s first draft of the charge sheet,” she said.
The defence legal teams have requested access to the final charge sheet at least one week before the next court date, as proceedings in the corruption case.
The matter was postponed to July 7, following a brief appearance by Mabe and his six co-accused at the Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court, sitting in Palm Ridge, on Tuesday.
The group faces a total of 16 charges, including fraud, money laundering, and violations of the Public Finance Management Act.
The charges stem from a controversial R27 million tender awarded in 2017 to Mabe’s company, Enviro Mobi, for the supply of 200 three-wheeler motorbikes to the City of Ekurhuleni.
Tuesday’s proceedings marked the case’s return to court after a three-month adjournment, granted to allow the NPA time to furnish additional documents requested by the defence.
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