Date set for Block's fraud trial
2013-03-07 14:40
Johannesburg - The trial of Northern Cape ANC leader John
Block and seven others will begin in the Northern Cape High Court in Kimberley
on 28 October, the NPA said on Thursday.
The date was set during a brief appearance in the
Kimberley Magistrate's Court on Thursday, the province's National Prosecuting
Authority (NPA) spokesperson Phaladi Shuping said.
The trial was scheduled to run until 13 December.
Block, who is also the province's finance MEC, would
appear with Social Development MEC Alvin Botes, ANC MP Yolanda Botha, three
officials from the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa), and a businessman.
They are accused of fraud, corruption and
money-laundering, allegedly involving R49m, between May 2005 and December 2009.
In November, Block, Botes, Botha and Trifecta director
Christo Scholtz were granted bail of R50 000 each.
Their co-accused, Sassa officials Rodney Saal, Calvin
Rayland and Palesa Lebona, were released on bail of R5 000 each.
- SAPA
