Mmamonnye Ngobeni and her co-accused Aswin Narianpers handed themselves over to the police on Monday morning after the National Prosecuting Authority secured an arrest warrant against them on Friday.
Mmamonnye Ngobeni and co-accused Aswin Narainpersad appeared in court on fraud and corruption charges linked to a R47 million police tender during the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup.
ANC KZN spokesperson Nhlakanipho Ntombela said that Zandile Gumede refused to appear before the party’s integrity commission on the date that was given to her, saying that she wanted her lawyers involved in the matter.
Durban businessman Thoshan Panday and his three co-accused are alleged to have manipulated police-related tenders during the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup and committed fraud worth R47 million against the police.
Panday is among four people accused of manipulating police accommodation tender processes during the 2010 Fifa World Cup.
The supply chain manager in the office of the premier, Nonhlanhla Hlongwa, was among them.
Hawks KZN spokesperson Simphiwe Mhlongo said that the four accused join five others who were arrested in July.
The juvenile suspect allegedly stabbed four-year-old Minenhle Mhlongo to death before dumping her body in a bush near her home.
The suspect allegedly attacked the woman and child using a bush knife at their home following a domestic dispute last night.
Minenhle Mhlongo's body was found on Heritage Day after she went missing the day before. Police said that her 15-year-old cousin allegedly raped her before killing her and dumping her body in the bush near her home.
Minenhle Mhlongo’s body was discovered in a bush close to her home on Heritage Day. She had been left in the care of a relative while her mother went to work the day before.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)'s Sindisiwe Twala said that all 42 accused were suspected to have manipulated tender processes within the police.
The grim discovery has taken place less than 24 hours after Police Minister Bheki Cele suggested that policing in the province needed intervention.
Twenty-two current SAPS members as well as six former police officers are among the 42 accused.
Ricky Phungula’s nephew Mxolisi and five other people were shot on Saturday night after they were forced out of the vehicle they were travelling in.
Nomfundo Mkhonza (34), her boyfriend Nkanyiso Mthembu and four other people were returning from a party on Saturday night when they were ordered out of their car and shot.
Nine people in total were killed in two separate incidents at the weekend.
Police Minister Bheki Cele is expected to visit the affected families on Monday before giving an update on investigations.
