Cape Town — Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes’ former bodyguard, Anwar Khan, currently faces fraud charges in the University of Fort Hare (UFH) case, will have to fork out a mammoth R200 000 for bail.
Khan appeared in the Alice Magistrate’s Court, sitting in Dimbaza, and is among 14 other people implicated in the R172 million fraud and corruption charges against the university. The Citizen said.
While his bail has been set at such a high price, Khan’s co-accused and former National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) risk specialist, Terrence Joubert, was denied bail. Khan’s bail came with stringent conditions. He must report to the police station daily, surrender his passport and not contact Joubert in any way.
The court ruled that there is a high probability that Joubert may interfere with investigations, especially as he refused to grant the investigating officer access to one of his two cellphones.
BREAKING: Celebrity bodyguard Anwar Khan was been released on R200,000 bail. Former NPA employee and police officer Terrence Joubert(left) has been denied bail. They will be back in court on May along 14 other accused. It’s alleged to they defrauded R171m from UFH. @Dispatch_DD pic.twitter.com/8PEo0o2qC0
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According to TimesLIVE, Joubert is the only one of the 21 accused in the case who was denied bail. Another accused, Isaac Isaac Plaatjies, abandoned bail.
Sarga Burger, Gosain van der Haar, Anna Smith, Paul Tladi, Lucrecia Davids, Mbulelo Gingcana, Nkateko Mawila, Nozuko Mabombo, Thamsanqa Sonjica, Craig Retief, Bradley Conradie and Nthabiseng Makhoba were released on R50 000 bail each last week.
Businessman Justin Peter King was released on bail of R50 000 this week when he appeared as the 21st accused in the case.
According to NPA spokesperson, Luxolo Tyali said the 21, nine of whom were UFH employees, and the rest service providers and their companies, are accused of having colluded by giving each other tender contracts at the university in return for gratifications.
“The total amount of funds paid by the university to the service providers is more than R172m, with the bulk of it allegedly finding its way into the pockets of the accused university employees. The conclusion of these tenders was allegedly preceded by violent acts at UFH.” Tyali said.
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Compiled by Matthew Petersen
