SA policemen feature as witness sings in CMS case

A naturalised South African of Tanzanian origin Joshua Singiombo has testified that he met Norman Maja and David Tumagole in Johannesburg to cash money obtained through fraudulent transactions at Central Medical Stores.

Tumagole, Maja and eight others are accused of stealing P20 million from Central Medical Stores, through four fraudulent transactions that have resulted in supply shortages at public medical facilities throughout the country.

The trial started late yesterday following differences between the prosecution and the defence on whether to allow Singiombo to give evidence in the absence of Tumagole's lawyer, Duma Boko, on Tuesday.

Editor's Comment
Boko should stop the fighting and start the delivering

With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...

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