TimesLive reports that disciplinary hearing for the second Nkandla "fall guy” in Durban on Wednesday morning was postponed after only six minutes.  

The hearing would have seen the public works department's Durban-based director of key accounts management‚ Rakesh Dhaniram‚ taking the stand to testify.  He is one of 10 department officials charged with flouting tender procedures in the R246-million refurbishment to President Jacob Zuma's homestead.  Last week‚ Sibusiso Chonco had his hearing postponed due to ill-heath.  Dhaniram’s lawyer Aslam Moolla requested a postponement‚ saying that some documents had not yet been handed over to him.  Without this documentation‚ he argued‚ his client would be prejudiced.  Panel chair Adv Nhlanhla Mfeka granted an indefinite postponement.  The Nkandla hearings commenced in 2014 but had to be suspended following a legal dispute over whether the media should have access to the proceedings.

• Read this report by Nathi Olifant in full at TimesLive

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