Tshwane municipal officials accused of stealing transformer make brief court appearance! It’s been a brief court appearance for five men accused of stealing a transformer worth R7 million. Four of the accused are Tshwane municipal officials.
They’re facing charges of theft in connection with the disappearance of the transformer from a power station in Laudium.
Tshwane municipal officials
On Tuesday, the matter was heard in the Regional Court in Atteridgeville before Magistrate Alan Cowen.
The media was denied permission to broadcast proceedings.
The State told the court that it still needs to obtain information from a car tracker to include as part of its evidence.
The case has been postponed to next month.
The municipal workers will remain on bail while the man, believed to be the potential buyer, plans to relaunch his bail application after his first attempt failed.
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