Danny Jordaan court case postponed to May in latest delay

The defense has filed a fresh application at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court for Section 342A of the Criminal Procedure Act, which mandates courts to investigate unreasonable delays in criminal proceedings. 

The latest application is the same matter that was dismissed in the same court in December 2024, after which the defence appealed at the High Court and is yet to be heard. 

Pressed for answers as to why they are bringing the matter back to the same court, instructing attorney for Jordaan and SAFA CFO Gronie Hluyo, Victor Nkwashu said there’s been new developments in the case since then. 

Nkwashu also believes the addition of a fifth accused in former Acting CEO of the Association Russell Paul a year after the others were arrested will strengthen their argument this time.

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At the same time, Nkwashu reiterated their stance that they will not agree on any trial date until the matters at the High Court are finalised, with one of them involving the search and seizure at SAFA’s Nasrec Headquarters in March 2024 scheduled to the heard on 27 April.

With that day being a public holiday, the expectation is that it will also be postponed, and the High Court's backlogg has been a major issue in the duration of this case, with the wait for a new hearing date might present another delay in the matter. 

The state, meanwhile, has stood firm that they are ready to go to trial and the outcome of the High Court will not affect their case, which they insist is watertight regardless. 

There has also been a new legal team introduced in court today, with Paul now represented by William Booth, who was not present in court and had Wiseman Khalishwayo standing in. 

On the side of Jordaan and Hluyo, Advocate Riaan Gissing has also been roped in under the instruction on Nkwashu, adding to Advocate Leanna Fick, who has since February been under the instruction of James Ndebele, who representing Trevor Neethling and his PR Company Grit Communications. 

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