Former top cop granted R20,000 bail after blue-light tender arrest
Former national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane and the police's supply management head Ravichandran Pillay have been granted R20,000 bail each, after their arrest on Friday morning.
Former national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane and the police’s supply-management head Ravichandran Pillay have been granted R20,000 bail each after their arrest on Friday morning. The pair appeared in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crime Court on charges relating to emergency (blue) light procurement irregularities amounting to more than R86m. Phahlane and Pillay join former Gauteng police commissioner Deliwe de Lange‚ Vimpie Phineas Manthata‚ Ramahlaphi Johannes Mokwena‚ James Ramanjalum and Nombhuruza Napo, who were arrested in November in connection with procurement irregularities amounting to R80m. They face charges of fraud‚ forgery and uttering (a crime similar to forgery). The court granted Phahlane and Pillay bail after finding they were not a flight risk, had fixed addresses and were both married. “It is in the interest of justice that both accused be released,” said magistrate Benita Oswell. She imposed a rand amount to the bail, saying it would be unfair ...
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