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News24 reports that the case involving the intimidation of a whistleblower by Nonhlanhla Mkhize, director-general in the office of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) premier, and others was adjourned until April 2023.
The matter was back in the Durban Special Commercial Crime Court on Tuesday after Mkhize and her three co-accused, Siphiwe Mabaso, Sthembelo Ralph Mhlanga and Mthokozisi Pius Duze, had previously been granted bail. The four are accused of being involved in intimidating the chairperson of Mhlathuze Water Board after an individual impersonating a National Intelligence Agency allegedly approached the board chair at her home. He claimed he was with the NIA, but had been sent from the KZN premier’s office. State prosecutor Reenai Ramouthar told Magistrate Dawn Soomaroo, who was presiding over the case for the first time, that investigators and the State required a lengthy adjournment for further investigations. She said imaging of electronic devices had to still be analysed and investigators would have to apply to international companies for assistance to gain access to some of the devices. Ramouthar proposed a seven-month adjournment, but objections from defence attorneys put the matter back in court on 6 April 2023 when the state would give an update on its investigation. Mkhize, meanwhile, continues to perform her duties in the premier's office with Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube refusing to answer why Mkhize has not been placed on special leave.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Kaveel Singh at News24
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