analysisThe coils of justice are tightening for former SAPS North West Deputy Commissioner Major-General Jan Ntebo Mabula, who will finally face charges of extortion, kidnapping and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm after a 14-year delay. Major-General Jan Mabula and his co-accused, Matome Kgorane, Samuel Sanamela Kutumela, Ismael Dawood, Adam Mahlako Moahloli, Mpikwa Meshack Makhubu, Mfana Patrick Makutu and Israel Mdluli, will appear in the South Gauteng High Court on 22 January 2021. The major-general and his team's targets included the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), its former head Robert McBride and forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan. Mabula was also part of the politically motivated arrest of KZN Hawks head Johan Booysen and former NPA prosecutor Gerrie Nel. The matter for which Mabula will now stand trial dates back to a 2006 R14-million robbery of an SAPS store in Benoni....

Source: The North Africa Journal November 23, 2020 14:37 UTC