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Booysen: Ex-KZN top cop Ngobeni should face prosecution for corruption
Mmamonnye Ngobeni, a former police commissioner in KZN, is applying for bail at the Durban Magistrates Courts after she handed herself over to police.
She faces three counts of corruption related to bribes allegedly paid to her to instruct former Hawks boss Major General Johan Booysen to halt a probe into a R47 million police accommodation 2010 Fifa World Cup fraud scheme.
The state capture commission will on Thursday hear law enforcement-related evidence from brigadier Pharas Ncube, Major General Jan Mabula, and the cross-examination of former Ipid head Robert McBride and Major General Johan Booysen.
Duduzane Zuma spent the past two days presenting several versions of events that dispute the evidence earlier submitted to the state capture commission.
The businessman has told the state capture commission that it was, in fact, Booysen’s persistent curiosity about the Gupta family that led them to the Saxonwold home.
Last week, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) officially withdrew charges of racketeering and murder against Johan Booysen and several other officers.
Racketeering charges have been withdrawn again Johan Booysen and several KwaZulu-Natal police officers but they are still facing charges including murder, participating in a criminal enterprise and theft.
The NPA also confirmed it would communicate the decision to drop the racketeering charges against former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Johan Booysen and former detectives to the families of the people who were killed in Cato Manor.
Prosecutions boss Shamila Batohi has decided to withdraw racketeering charges against former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Johan Booysen and others.
The state capture commission is set to continue Monday morning but will deal with matters related to Transnet.
During his testimony this week, former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Johan Booysen accused Mthethwa of interfering in the decision to prosecute him on racketeering charges.
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has asked police management to report back to the state capture commission on the status of the South African Police Service (SAPS) staff whom have been implicated by former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Johan Booysen.
Former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Johan Booysen described his seemingly endless battle since early 2012 against suspensions and criminal charges.
Former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Johan Booysen said prosecutor Sello Maema drafted the memorandum to support the second decision to authorise racketeering charges against him.
Johan Booysen explained this was part of the constant effort to ensure he did not return to office and investigate high-profile cases.
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said that the commission’s investigators must raise this concern with the police management.
This phase of the hearings is focused on the capture of the criminal justice sector and law enforcement agencies in particular.
This phase of the hearings is focusing on the capture of the criminal justice sector and law enforcement agencies in particular.
Advocate Mxolisi Zondo says he will not apply to cross-examine witnesses because he considers such a “fool’s errand”.