The State won’t oppose bail for former DA and City of Cape Town councillor Malusi Booi and his co-accused, following their arrest in connection with a fraud and tender corruption investigation, Cape {town} Etc reports.
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Booi and several other high-ranking officials appeared at the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday afternoon.
Booi and nine co-accused face 15 allegations, including corruption, racketeering, intimidation, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit fraud.
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Booi was apprehended in the Eastern Cape on Monday evening by a team made up of Western Cape Police Commercial Crime Unit detectives and Anti-Gang Unit organised crime investigators.
This comes after the authorities searched his workplace in March of last year and confiscated computer gadgets.
The police investigation revealed that Booi accepted cash gratifications from gang members.
Suraya Manual, Mohammed Amod, Siphokazi September, Randall and Brenda Mullins, Abdul-Kader Davids, Thuli Imgibi, Lorna Ndoda, and Nomvuyo Mnyaka are the co-accused alongside Booi.
September was the City’s director of Public Housing until she was fired in January after being found guilty in a disciplinary hearing.
She was suspended when police searched her offices and conducted a search and seizure operation in response to suspicions of tender fraud against Booi.
The State claimed that Booi’s bail should be set at R200 000 and that all bail conditions should be strictly followed.
The court heard that Booi had turned in his passport to the investigating officer.
The accused will stay in detention and appear in court on Friday for the continuation of their bail hearings.
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