Bail Application Judgement Reserved

The accused persons appeared before Moroka only for the accused persons' lawyers to demand that their clients, who have been in custody for 14 days, be given bail pending trial. However, the prosecution, led by deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Phadi Solomon, principal prosecution officers Merapelo Mokgosi and Priscilla Israel, opposed the bail, application, arguing that investigations are still continuing and that if granted bail the suspects were likely to interfere with investigations.

In an affidavit filed by investigating officer Ikaneng Thebe, two of the suspects have already admitted to participating in defrauding CMS. According to Thebe, the companies that were used to commit the crime are in South Africa, thus making it necessary for investigations to be extended to South Africa.