Bathabile Dlamini perjury case set to continue
The case against Dlamini relates to her testimony during a Constitutional Court inquiry into her role in the 2017 SASSA social grants crisis.
The perjury trial of former social development minister Bathabile Dlamini is set to continue after the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court dismissed her application for acquittal.
Magistrate Betty Khumalo said the court could possibly convict the ANC Women's League president and therefore it would not be in the interest of justice to dismiss the charges against her.
The case against Dlamini relates to her testimony during a Constitutional Court inquiry into her role in the 2017 SASSA social grants crisis.
She has pleaded not guilty.
"Having regard to the test to be applied the applicable case law on point and in exercising my discretion I am of the view that there is evidence upon which the accused might reasonably be convicted, therefore the application for a discharge at this stage is refused," said Khumalo.
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