Danny Jordaan legal team requests more time in fraud case

This is a fresh stalling of the matter after it resumed yesterday, with the defence having filed a new Section 342A application, which mandates courts to investigate unreasonable delays in criminal proceedings. This is the same application that was dismissed by the same court in December 2024, a few weeks after the arrest of the accused.

Now the latest postponement is intended to allow the defence to file a response to the State’s heads of argument in respect to the application. The NPA reiterated their stance that they are ready for trial in the case, and submitted that they are also ready to proceed with the hearing of the defence’s application. 

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Further complicating things in this matter is that SAFA has also filed an application to challenge the search and seizure by the Hawks at their Nasrec Headquarters more than two years ago, which lead to the arrests later in the year. That hearing was scheduled to be heard at the High Court on 27 April – which was a public holiday, and was removed from the roll the next day. They then had to wait for Acting Deputy Judge President Roland Sutherland to secure an available judge and allocate a new date. Meanwhile, the State has maintained that their case is watertight even without the evidence collected from the raid.

“As the State, we have always maintained that we are trial-ready, and we remain committed to ensuring accountability and the finalisation of the matter before court”, said the NPA’s Abram Mohlatlole.