Malusi Booi fraud charges provisionally withdrawn
The NPA has provisionally withdrawn charges against the former Cape Town MMC for Human Settlements, Malusi Booi, after police found new evidence in the investigation.
Booi and his eight co-accused were accused of being involved in a R1 billion construction tender fraud within the City of Cape Town's Human Settlements department.
Western Cape NPA spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said the accused are not off the hook.
"Police discovered new evidence during their investigation, and it is apposite at this stage to provisionally withdraw the 16 commercial charges against the accused pending the finalisation of the investigation stemming from the newfound evidence.
"The state will reinstate the charges once the investigation has been finalised."
The case has been postponed to 14 July 2025 for the State to provide all further particulars to the defence.
The case will be later be transferred to the high court for a pretrial conference on 07 November 2025.
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