State to review court ruling on Bongo, co-accused acquittal – SABC News

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe National Prosecuting Authority says the state will study the court judgment in which the former State Security Minister Bongani Bongo and seven others were acquitted.
The eight appeared in the Nelspruit Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, on Friday.
They were facing 85 charges ranging from corruption, fraud, theft, money laundering, and breaching the Public Finance Management Act.
The charges emanated from an alleged dodgy land deal amounting to over R70 million in taxpayers’ money.
The money was used to buy land for the…