The fraud and theft trial of African Women’s League president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and broker Addy Moolman is to resume in the Pretoria Regional Court on Monday.
The trial started in July last year and continued for two weeks until it was postponed until October. However, it could not resume then because Madikizela-Mandela had broken her foot.
Madikizela-Mandela — the ex-wife of former president Nelson Mandela — and Moolman have both 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 women’s league letterhead and Madikizela-Mandela’s signature were used to fraudulently obtain loans from Saambou Bank in the names of bogus league employees, including her 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. – Sapa