NPA spokesperson Sipho Ngwema said the prosecuting authority was ready to go to trial to prove what their investigations have revealed.
JOHANNESBURG - The National Prosecuting Authority on Thursday said it was not surprising that seven of the eight VBS accused who appeared in court claimed that they were not guilty.
The indictment paints a picture of systematic and coordinated looting at VBS of the nearly R2.7 billion. But none of the seven men who appeared at the Palm Ridge Regional Court said that they knew anything. However, NPA spokesperson Sipho Ngwema was expecting that: “We are content that we are ready to start and go on trial. Almost all accused persons in cases, that’s how they plead, they plead not guilty.”
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