Suspended national police commissioner general Fannie Masemola and 13 co-accused are expected to return to the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on August 28 after the case relating to the controversial R228-million Medicare24 tender was postponed to allow for the finalisation of the disclosure process.
This was after the group was separated from the owner of Medicare24 and suspected underworld kingpin Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala earlier this week.
During proceedings, the state informed the court that most of the legal representatives had complied with a request to provide USB drives so that copies of the docket could be transferred. However, some had yet to do so.
“The process that will unfold … is that the state has canvassed with my learned friends. The state has indicated to them that the state would require approximately two weeks to copy all of this information. That would take us to mid July, which is about the 15th of July, 2026.
“The state then requested for them, during the latter part of July, that they come to the offices of the state. We will provide them with the copy and USBs, but they need to come with the laptops. So that we can connect up the USBs to the laptops, open them, and so that they can also satisfy themselves that what we have is what they have. And issues of opening documents, et cetera, must be resolved in that period.
“The legal representatives have indicated the dates that they will be attending. We have a record of those dates.”
The state further said if the disclosure process is concluded by July 31, they will suggest a date.
“We have agreed on a date. My colleague just informed me now that the date that we agreed on has another matter that’s important, so it does not become viable. However, we’ve suggested two dates to them, one being the 21st of August and the 2nd being the 28th of August. Your worship, we request that the matter be postponed to the 28th of August, where all of these processes will be computed.”
The state further informed the court that one outstanding legal representative would still provide the required storage device.
All legal representatives agreed and the magistrate postponed the matter to 28 August for the finalisation of disclosure.
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