English

Hello 

Create Profile

Creating your profile will enable you to submit photos and stories to get published on News24.


Please provide a username for your profile page:

This username must be unique, cannot be edited and will be used in the URL to your profile page across the entire 24.com network.

Settings

Location Settings

News24 allows you to edit the display of certain components based on a location. If you wish to personalise the page based on your preferences, please select a location for each component and click "Submit" in order for the changes to take affect.









Facebook Sign-In

Hi News addict,

Join the News24 Community to be involved in breaking the news.

Log in with Facebook to comment and personalise news, weather and listings.

 
 

Agliotti, Selebi had 'friendship of gain'

2009-11-04 12:01
line

Johannesburg - Explosive evidence of payments made by convicted drug trafficker Glenn Agliotti to corruption-accused former police head Jackie Selebi emerged in court on Wednesday.

“It was a friendship of gain. I think they used each other for what they could gain from the friendship,” said State witness Dianne Muller, the ex-fiancée of Agliotti, in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.

The petite blonde gave evidence of payments and gifts made by Agliotti to Selebi.

She detailed an incident when she packed R110 000 for Selebi at office premises she shared with Agliotti.

Selebi looked uncomfortable

“Agliotti rang and said he was running late but was meeting Jackie Selebi. He asked if when Selebi got there I could give him coffee and chat to him until he got there.

“Jackie Selebi arrived… Glenn Agliotti arrived… He went down to the office and handed me money from his briefcase. He asked me to pack R110 000… Agliotti had a money counting machine. I put it in the machine and there was R120 000.

“I counted R110 000 and put it in a white bank bag. I took it down to the boardroom and put the bag in front of Agliotti. He put his hands on the bag and slid it across to Jackie Selebi and said, 'Here you go, my China'.

“Selebi looked decidedly uncomfortable with my presence in the boardroom. He did not touch the bag. It sat on the glass table in front of him. I then went back to my office.

“About 20 or 30 minutes later Glenn shouted Selebi is leaving. I waved goodbye and he [Selebi] had the bank bag in his possession.”

Muller said after Selebi left, she joked that she had received a R10 000 tip for packing the money. She then gave Agliotti the leftover money and he put it in his briefcase.

'Mind my own business'

“I had a discussion with Agliotti and I said that I felt it was not really the way for things to happen that the national police commissioner was to be paid off by Glenn Agliotti.

“He told me to mind my own business.”

Asked by prosecutor Gerrie Nel if she had taken any steps to report the matter, Muller replied: “How do you report something to the police when their boss is the person [implicated]?”

Muller said on average, Selebi came to the offices that she moved her business into in 2004, twice a month, always “dressed in full uniform”. She said one time Agliotti had received a call on his car phone.

“Selebi asked Glenn can he please lend him R10 000 for his son’s birthday party.”

She said Agliotti agreed but said he did not have the money on him and he would have to come and collect it another time.

“Glenn then turned to me and said ‘lend my ass, I’ll never see that money again'."

She said the next morning Selebi arrived at the office.

“Glenn told me he handed over the money.”

Clothes accounts


At another time, she confronted Agliotti about what she considered “exorbitant” amounts of money he was spending on clothes accounts.

“He said it was not for him, that he was buying clothes for Mr Selebi.”

She said she had once gone to a clothing shop in Sandton, Johannesburg to meet Agliotti.

"Mr Selebi was trying on a suit that they were fitting for him in the shop.”

She detailed a time Agliotti had bought a Gucci handbag for Selebi’s wife on a trip to the UK and another time he bought his sons clothing from the Fubu shop in Sandton.

She said Agliotti once gave Selebi’s driver R1 000 to buy takkies as he was running in a marathon.

Muller appeared visibly nervous as she raced through her testimony.

Nel called her style of delivery “a flash of lightning”.

Indemnity

Earlier, Muller was warned that, like Agliotti, she would receive 204 indemnity from prosecution on various charges if she was found to have testified "frankly and honestly".

Judge Meyer Joffe read out the charges to Muller which include “corruption in relation to Selebi, as well as fraud, money laundering and theft in relationship to a Spring Lights account which slain mining magnate Brett Kebble allegedly used to make various payments.

Her testimony follows that of Agliotti who finished 11 days of testimony against his former friend on Tuesday.

Selebi is facing a charge of corruption and another of defeating the ends of justice in connection with at least R1.2m he allegedly received from Agliotti and others in return for favours.

- SAPA

Read more on:    jackie selebi  |  glenn agliotti  |  corruption

Read News24’s Comments Policy

inside news24

 

140
1
1 of 10

Latest comment in South Africa

Thami says... DA needs to change a couple of these before the win over more support: 1. change the look of the western cape parliament to be more representative 2. consider recruiting some strong black men and make the prominent in leadership. Before you bite my head off, my reasoning is the 1st point will likely win them more black votes because that parliament worries a few black people. As for the second point, DA exists in Africa and in Africa it is still very hard for us to accept a woman as a head of the household let alone a nation. And please, please white people stop saying or doing things that can be conceived as racist (even if you believe you are correct), things like the "SPEAR" because these will send even some of the black people already voting for DA back to ANC. Read the article...

 
Traffic
Lottery
 
  • Wednesday Ladysmith - 22:09 PM
    Road name: N11 Both Ways
    ROADWORK - two sets of stop / go controls just south of the R68 Dundee exit - expect waiting times of up to 20 minutes between Ladysmith and Newcastle (ends March 2013)
  • Saturday Pretoria - 08:07 AM
    Road name: N1 Both Ways
    ROADWORKS - lane closures on both carriageways for long term roadworks between the N4 Witbank Highway Interchange and the Zambesi Drive exit - EXPECT DELAYS (until Jan 2013)
 
More traffic reports...
 

Jobs [change area]

Cars[change area]

FORD

Ranger 4.0 XLE D-Cab AT
2004
R 119,990.00

AUDI

A4 1.8 Exec
2000
R 59,990.00

FORD

Fiesta 1.6i Sport 3-dr AC
2003
R 87,600.00

Property [change area]

Vulintaba Country Estate, Upper Drakensberg

A lifestyle estate beyond compare. Home Package Options From R990 000

Travel - Look, Book, Go!

Casa Rex, Vilanculos

Spend 5 nights in at the magical Mozambican resort of Casa Rex from R7983 per person sharing. Includes accommodation, return flights, taxes and transfers. Book now!

Kalahari.com - shop online today

Legos

Let your child construct his own fun with only his imagination limiting his creations. Buy now.

iPad

Update the way you socialize, work and play with the latest iPad models. Buy now.

Max Payne 3

Seeking Redemption from the past, Max hopes to enter his last fight and finally put his demons to rest. Buy now.

Sins of the Father

Foul play in New York City sets the tone. Boundaries pushed, Loyalties tested and secrets unravelled in Jeffrey Archer’s, Sins of the Father. Buy now.

Nikon Camera Range

Capture and preserve your life’s precious memories with the Nikon Camera Range. Buy now.

OLX Free Classifieds [change area]

pool table

For Sale, Toys - Games - Hobbies in South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg. Date May 6

Lexus: IS

Vehicles, Cars in South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg. Date May 7

stylish bachelor furnished in sandton from 1st of june

Real Estate, Houses - Apartments for Rent in South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg. Date May 7

Nintendo DS and Wii Games on Special

From R79.95

No gaming collection would be complete without these classic Nintendo titles. Buy now.

Visit www.kalahari.com for millions of books, music, DVDs, games & more!

BlackBerry Curve 8520

Wi-Fi enabled With the BlackBerry Curve 8520 connect to your home...

From R1569.00

I'm shopping for:

Horoscopes
Aquarius
Aquarius

Your passion is stirred today. This might inspire you to talk about it or to write about it. Either way, the words are flowing...read more

There are new stories on the homepage. Click here to see them.