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=Malawian facing fraud charges in RSA=

Nyasa Times, 30 October 2007
A Malawian business man arrested for alleged tender fraud worth R35m in the Northern Cape, Charles Modise, appeared in the Kimberley Magistrate's Court on Monday.

National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Tlali Tlali said the case against Modise had, however, been postponed.

"The case was postponed to 28 and 29 November for a formal bail application."

Tlali said Modise would stay in custody until the bail application.

Modise was arrested in Gauteng by the NPA's special investigation unit - the Scorpions - during an investigation into alleged tender fraud going back to 2003.

Some of the charges apparently relate to government tenders for the Northern Cape legislature, a parliamentary residential area, the renovation of the airports at Kimberley and Upington, and toll roads.

Tlali said more arrests would follow in the case.

Modise made headlines recently after he laid a complaint against the South African Communist Party (SACP) with the police relating to a R500 l000 donation he said he made to the SACP in 2002.

He alleged the money had been given to the Congress of SA Trade Union's president Willie Madisha, who said he delivered the money to SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande in 2002.

Nzimande has denied receiving the money.

An SACP task team set up to investigate the alleged donation, however, found no credible evidence that the donation had ever existed. - News24


 * From: http://www.nyasatimes.com/index.php?news=1499**

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