Former Health Laboratory CEO Out on Bail, Charged with Corruption Amounting to R113 Million

• Former CEO of the National Health Laboratory Services Joyce Mogale has been charged with corruption involving R113 million
• The Palm Ridge specialised commercial crime court granted Mogale bail on Monday, where she appeared after handing herself over to the Hawks
• Mogale is said to have fraudulently signed a tender contract with Blue Future Internet and Surveillance in 2016

JOHANNESBURG - 66-year-old former head of the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) Joyce Mogale has been released on bail after being charged with corruption amounting to R113 million.

According to IOL, the corruption is said to have taken place in 2016 when Mogale signed a tender contract with Blue Future Internet and Surveillance, (PTY) Ltd. The company was contracted to provide services to the NHLS that involved providing support for end-user computer hardware.

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The modified tender contract stated that the deal's worth was not supposed to surpass R83 million. However, the acceptance letter of the offer stated that the contract was only valued at R25 million. This means NHLS actually paid R87 million more than what it was supposed to for the tender.

Hawks spokesperson Captain Lloyd Ramovha revealed that Mogale gave false representations about the awarding of the tender to the NHLS Board of Directors and was then was charged with fraud and being in contravention of the Public Finance Management Act, reports TimesLIVE.

On Monday morning, Mogale surrendered herself to the Hawks team in Germiston, just before her court appearance. The former NHLS CEO was released on bail of R20 000 by the Palm Ridge Court dealing with specialised crimes on Monday.

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Mogale's trial will resume on 17 September where she will appear at the Palm Ridge Court with others that have been accused of corruption and are currently released on bail as well.

Defence committee drops probe into corruption against Speaker Mapisa-Nqakula

Briefly News previously reported that the investigation against former Minister of Defence Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqaula was dropped by Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Defence. The investigation was into allegations of corruption levelled against her.

Reports state that the reasoning behind the above is due to the fact that they were unable to get an affidavit from the whistle-blower who originally alleged that Mapisa-Nqakula was involved in corruption.

The committee was asked to probe the incident and received no support or cooperation from the whistle-blower. They had until 31 August for their mandate.

A report by SABC News revealed that a while ago it was reported that Mapisa-Nqakula received money and gifts amounting to R5 million. This money allegedly came from someone working for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).

Source: Briefly News