Kgosi finally indicted in NPF case

Kgosi with Tafila PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
Kgosi with Tafila PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

The State has been allowed to amend the charge sheet again in the infamous National Petroleum Fund (NPF) case adding ex spy chief, Isaac Kgosi to the charge sheet as accused number 18.

The case involved P250 million, which the then Director General of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), Kgosi requested from the NPF to build fuel storage facilities. The DIS, however, later changed the intended purpose for the money and then used the funds for anti-poaching equipment purchase.

The State yesterday also dropped charges against Kgori Capital, Alfonse Ndzinge and Sharifa Noor. It was alleged that Bakang Seretse, Basis Points, Kgori Capital, Noor and Ndzinge on December 24, 2015 acting together with a common purpose, corrupted the first accused person Kenneth Kerekang, a public servant and Mpho Kerekang to enter into an unauthorised contract with the 13th accused person, Kgori Capital in terms of which Kgori was to earn 0.80% of the total value of NPF assets managed by Kgori.

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