R107.5 MILLION TEGETA AND OPTIMUM MINE CORRUPTION CASE SET DOWN FOR TRIAL IN 2024
The High Court of South Africa: Gauteng Division, Johannesburg has set down for trial the R107.5 million Tegeta Exploration corruption case for 05 February 2024 to 08 March 2024.
The accused in the matter is former Deputy Director General (DDG) in the Department of Mineral Resources, Joel Raphela, former Tegeta Exploration and Resources Director Ronica Ragavan and a former trustee of Optimum Coal Mine, Pushpaveni Govender. The companies are Koornfontein Mine, Tegeta Exploration and Resources – represented by Ronica Ragavan, Optimum Coal Mine represented by Dhanasegaran Archary.
They are all indicted on charges of fraud, forgery, uttering, perjury and money laundering, in connection with the signing off and illegal utilisation of R107.5 million for mine rehabilitation funds for the Optimum Coal Mine trust account and Koornfontein Mine trust account in 2016.
