Pretoria – The R1.8 billion Bosasa fraud case involving former high-ranking officials from the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is set for trial.
The Investigating Directorate (ID) said the Pretoria High Court postponed the pretrial conference on the corruption case against the former DCS commissioner, Linda Mti, former DCS chief financial officer, Patrick Gillingham, and former Bosasa chief financial officer, Andries van Tonder, to 7 August 2024.
“The parties agreed on a postponement to allow for all outstanding documents to be provided prior to the set date,” ID spokesperson Henry Mamothame.
He said the case against the former chief operations officer of Bosasa, Angelo Agrizzi, who is also charged in this matter, had to be separated, owing to his ill health.
“His attendance was conducted virtually and his pretrial date is also set for 7 August 2024.”
The accused are facing several charges including fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, corruption, and money laundering.
These charges relate to four tenders valued at over R1,8 billion, which were awarded to Bosasa and its subsidiaries between August 2004 and 2007.
The contracts were for catering and training services, installation of CCTV cameras, perimeter fencing, and the supply of television systems and monitoring equipment.
