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The former Commissioner of Correctional Services, Linda Mti, and four others appeared in the Pretoria Specialized Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday in connection with charges relating to tenders amounting to over R1.8bn.
The National Prosecuting Authority said Mti, former Correctional Service CFO, Patrick Gillingham, Bosasa Operations COO, Angelo Agrizzi, and the company’s erstwhile CFO, Andries Van Tonder, face charges of fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, corruption and money laundering.
The matter was postponed to 16 October 2020 set a trial date.
The NPA said the case relates to four tenders awarded by the Department of Correctional Services to Bosasa Operations PTY (Ltd) and its subsidiaries valued at over R1.8 billion between the periods August 2004- 2007.
All the accused are out on R20 000 bail each and they surrendered their passports.
‘’This prosecution deals with the early days of corruption perpetrated by Bosasa,” said Hermione Cronje, the head of the Investigating Directorate.
“The company and its subsidiaries and affiliates went on to secure in excess of R34 billion in government contracts from a range of government departments at all levels of government even after the corruption in these four initial tenders was laid bare in 2010.”
Cronje said the Directorate’s investigations into those who enabled the corruption to continue after the initial SIU report, is ongoing.
She warned that more arrests would follow as these investigations draw to a close.
