Twelve senior South African Police Service (SAPS) and a company director are expected to appear before the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Wednesday, on allegations of corruption related to the R360 million Medicare 24 contract.
The company was owned by alleged crime accused, Vusimuzi Cat Matlala, and the contract was cancelled in December last year.
The suspects were arrested on Tuesday night by the National Prosecuting Authority’s Independent Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) in relation to the irregular awarding of a tender to Medicare 24.
“All accused are expected to make their first appearance before the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court on charges of corruption, fraud and the Contravention of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA),” read a joint statement from the NPA and IDAC.
The accused include a police General, Brigadiers, Colonels, Captains, and a retired Colonel, and will join Matlala on the doc on charges of contravening the PFMA, corruption and fraud, among others.
The Medicare 24 tender featured prominently at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, during the testimony of Sergeant Fannie Nkosi.
Under intense interrogation at the commission, Nkosi revealed that senior officers manipulated the awarding of the tender.
