Former State Security Minister and African National Congress (ANC) MP Bongani Bongo and 16 others are currently on trial for fraud, corruption, money laundering and other crimes in the Nelspruit Specialised Commercial Crimes Court.
JOHANNESBURG - The State’s case against former State Security Minister and African National Congress MP Bongani Bongo and 16 others has taken a knock.
The accused are currently on trial for fraud, corruption, money laundering and other crimes in the Nelspruit Specialised Commercial Crimes Court. The trial of former State Security minister and ANC MP #BonganiBongo and 16 others gets into its third day in the Nelspruit Specialised Commercial Crimes Court today. BW pic.twitter.com/uvEwlg4Bnu
Under cross-examination, Thabo Mashile, the head of supply chain management for the department, was the first state witness to take the stand on Wednesday.
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