BONGO CORRUPTION MATTER BACK IN COURT AS STATE SEEKS TO LEAVE APPEAL ACQUITTAL

The State will be requesting leave to appeal the February 2021 judgment, in which Judge President John Hlophe acquitted Bongo on the bribery charge, citing a lack of evidence.

The corruption matter involving former State Security minister and African National Congress (ANC) MP, Bongani Bongo, is back in the Western Cape High Court on Monday.

The State will be requesting leave to appeal the February 2021 judgment, in which Judge President John Hlophe acquitted Bongo on the bribery charge, citing a lack of evidence.

The State now wants the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) to consider the matter.

Bongani Bongo became the first person to face criminal charges emanating from Parliament’s 2017 Eskom inquiry.

He had been accused of trying to bribe the evidence leader, Ntuthuzelo Vanara, to scupper the inquiry.

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