Ex-Transnet board member Iqbal Sharma back in court on fraud charges

The Bloemfontein High Court will on Friday hear the bail appeal hearing of former Transnet board member Iqbal Sharma.

He was denied bail in the Bloemfontein Regional Court last month on the basis that he’s a flight risk.

Sharma is one of several accused in a fraud case involving millions of rand, allegedly plundered from the Free State Department of Agriculture.

“Sharma is among 16 other co-accused persons and/or companies that will stand in the dork for defrauding the Free State agriculture department in 2011 of R25 million,” the NPA’S Sindisiwe Seboka.

-EWN

In other news – Fear for AKA’s life as well-known SA rapper threatens to kill him

Mzansi hip-hop star AKA can never seem to catch a break even when he is mourning the love of his life, Anele Tembe. It’s no secret that the Supa Mega had people he was beefing within the industry and that did not change after he lost Anele in the most tragic way.

The people he beefed with did not utter a word about the passing, at least not on public platforms, which is commendable but we cannot say the same about Ifani. Learn More