Former ANC cupboard minister Zizi Kodwa has filed a authorized bid to have corruption costs in opposition to him dropped.
Based on a report by News24, Kodwa’s lawyer, Zola Majavu, on Thursday advised the specialised industrial crime courtroom in Palm Ridge south of Johannesburg that the majority of illustration he made to the Gauteng director of public prosecutions on Kodwa’s behalf level to shortcomings within the state’s case in opposition to him.
“The unfairness in opposition to my shopper mounts on daily basis. I need the courtroom to document that I submitted these submissions, and I’ve shared them with everybody concerned on this matter,” Majavu advised the courtroom.
Based on News24, Kodwa’s co-accused, former EOH govt Jehan Mackay, made comparable representations at Thursday’s courtroom look.
Kodwa was arrested in June over alleged corruption and bribery linked to IT providers group EOH Holdings. Kodwa was linked to Mackay, who’s alleged to have channelled funds of R1.6-million to Kodwa. Mackay appeared alongside Kodwa in courtroom on Thursday.
TechCentral reported in 2020 that Mackay had taken centre stage in corruption allegations involving funds to senior ANC figures, together with Kodwa, who was the get together’s nationwide spokesman on the time.
Suspicious funds
Suspicious funds had been made by Mackay, from his private checking account, to Kodwa and to Siyabulela Sintwa, a private assistant to former President Jacob Zuma on the ANC’s Luthuli Home headquarters, proof launched on the judicial fee of inquiry into state seize confirmed.
EOH subsidiary Tactical Software program Options (TSS) – based by Mackay and his father Danny and bought to EOH in 2011 for R130.5-million – allegedly paid off corrupt politicians by making funds to Mackay’s private checking account at FNB, from which he then transferred cash to varied ANC bigwigs, supposedly for favours for successful authorities contracts.
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“All I can let you know with a straight face is that having learn the docket as supplied to me by the state, having learn the cost sheet and the data that they’re hoping to substantiate the fees on, their case is palpably weak,” stated Majavu. – © 2024 NewsCentral Media
