In the Brown Mogotsi case, Phala Phala sentencing is postponed
The State in the case against self-proclaimed political fixer Brown Mogotsi says it has fully complied with the defence’s request for further disclosure.
Picture: Mogotsi appearing in court – Image Credits: Chriselda Lewis
Mogotsi appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court on Friday facing charges that include perjury, defeating the ends of justice, and discharging a firearm in a public place. The charges stem from allegations that he staged an assassination attempt on himself in Vosloorus in November last year.
State prosecutor Adv Thami Mpekana told the court that the defence has already received the statements and evidence the State intends to rely on at trial. He argued that the additional information being sought – including cell phone and employment records of State witnesses – is either unavailable or irrelevant, and that seeking further could amount to an abuse of process. The State maintains the accused has enough material to prepare his defence.
Meanwhile, the sentencing of the two people convicted in the Phala Phala farm theft has been postponed to 26 November 2026 by the Modimolle Regional Court in Limpopo.
Imanuwela David and Froliana Joseph were found guilty of conspiracy to commit housebreaking with intent to steal, housebreaking, and money laundering. They stole US$580 000 that was hidden inside a sofa at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s game farm in Bela-Bela in February 2020. A third accused was earlier acquitted.
The matter returns to court later this month for sentencing proceedings.
- CCN
