The fraud and theft trial of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and broker Addy Moolman is to resume in the Pretoria Regional Court on Monday.
The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) president — the ex-wife of former president Nelson Mandela — and Moolman have pleaded not guilty to 60 charges of fraud and 26 of theft involving an amount of R942 360.
The State alleges that letters with the ANCWL letterhead and Madikizela-Mandela’s signature were used to fraudulently obtain loans from Saambou Bank in the names of bogus league employees, including Madikizela-Mandela’s daughter Zinzi and former personal banker, Dikeledi Seakamela.
The theft charges relate to amounts of R360 which were deducted from loan applicants’ bank accounts for a funeral policy that allegedly did not exist. The trial started in July. After two weeks of evidence, it was postponed to Monday. It has been set down until Friday. – Sapa