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Nulane R24.9m fraud case re-enrolled after SCA ruling

Sowetan · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · · 229 words · By Ernest Mabuza
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Story audio is generated using AI The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) re-enrolled the R24.9m Nulane fraud and corruption case in the Bloemfontein magistrate’s court on Thursday.

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What happened

Story audio is generated using AI The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) re-enrolled the R24.9m Nulane fraud and corruption case in the Bloemfontein magistrate’s court on Thursday.

Why it matters

This follows the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) last year which upheld an appeal by the state against the judgment of the Free State High Court in 2023 which discharged the six individual accused and two accused.

Common ground

The SCA also ordered that the accused may be retried for the same offences as if they had not been previously arraigned.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-06-04-nulane-r249m-fraud-case-re-enrolled-af…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “This follows the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) last year which upheld an appeal by the state against the judgment of the Free State High Court in 2023 which discharged the six individual accused and two accused.”
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Multiple sources confirm the SCA upheld an appeal by the state against a previous High Court judgment that had discharged the accused in the Nulane case.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of Virginia is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It primarily hears direct appeals in civil cases from the trial-level city and county circuit courts, as well as th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Virginia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Court of Appeal (formally "His Majesty's Court of Appeal in England", commonly cited as "CA", "EWCA" or "CoA") is the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second in the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_(England_and_W…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of New Zealand (Māori: Te Kōti Mana Nui, lit. 'Court of Great Mana') is the highest court and the court of last resort of New Zealand. It formally came into being on 1 January 2004 a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_New_Zealand
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Claim 2: “All the accused were in court.”
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Multiple sources, including eNCA and another web result, confirm that all accused persons were present in court after being served with summonses.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... ... re-enrolled the Nulane corruption ... All the accused were present in court after they were issued with summons.
https://www.facebook.com/thenpaofsa/videos/the-npas-idac-re-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 13, 2025 ... ... case will be re-enrolled in due course ... the R24.9-million Gupta-linked Nulane fraud and money laundering case against eight accused ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13bZITBK0Es
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 24, 2025 ... Several accused were charged with offences of contravening the Public Finance Management Act, fraud, and money laundering, only to be discharged ...
https://freedomunderlaw.org/2025/06/24/supreme-court-of-appe…
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Claim 3: “Former Free State agriculture department head Limakatso Moorosi, who did not apply for a discharge, was acquitted by the high court in 2023 while her co-accused were discharged.”
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Two independent sources (The Herald and another web search result) specifically state that Limakatso Moorosi was acquitted by the high court in 2023 and did not apply for a discharge.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nokwanje Selina "Mathabo" Leeto (born 29 November 1960) is a South African politician who was elected to the Free State Provincial Legislature in the 2014 general election. She was appointed as the Me…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 12, 2025 ... ... state capture case to be taken to trial. Former Free State agriculture head Limakatso Moorosi, who did not apply for a discharge, was acquitted ...
https://www.facebook.com/SABCNews/posts/breaking-news-the-su…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... Former Free State agriculture department head Limakatso Moorosi, who did not apply for a discharge, was acquitted by the high court in 2023 ...
https://www.theherald.co.za/news/2026-06-04-nulane-r249m-fra…
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Claim 4: “Idac spokesperson Henry Mamothame said the accused’s bid to have the Constitutional Court overturn the SCA’s ruling was also dismissed before the state summoned the accused to court for the matter to be reinstated.”
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Multiple sources, including a report citing IDAC spokesperson Henry Mamothame, confirm that the Constitutional Court dismissed the bid to overturn the SCA ruling.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... The accused also failed in their attempt to have the Constitutional Court overturn the SCA ruling. The matter was postponed to 22 September ...
https://www.ofm.co.za/article/centralsa/342005/concourt-blow…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... The SCA last year upheld an appeal by a lower court against the judgment that discharged the accused, including alleged Gupta associate ...
https://www.businessday.co.za/news/2026-06-04-idac-re-enrols…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... IDAC spokesperson Henry Mamothame said the case was re-enrolled after the accused's bid to have the Constitutional Court overturn the SCA's ...
https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/courts/r24-9m-nu…
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Claim 5: “The SCA also ordered that the accused may be retried for the same offences as if they had not been previously arraigned.”
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Web search results explicitly state that the SCA overturned the acquittal and ordered a retrial for the accused in the Nulane scam case.
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web search NEUTRAL — The accused in the Nulane Investments R24.9m fraud and money-laundering case, from left to right: Peter Thabethe, Limakatso Moorosi, Seipati Dhlamini, Iqbal Sharma, Ronica Ragavan and Dinesh Patel.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-06-04-nul…
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web search NEUTRAL — The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment that has overturned the Free State High Court decision to acquit the eight accused in the Nulane fraud …
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/npa-welcomes-sca-decision-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Nulane scam case was one of two matters in which the state tried and failed to seek the extradition of Atul and Rajesh Gupta from the UAE. SCA overturns Nulane accused's acquittal and order a retr…
https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/courts/sca-overt…
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Claim 6: “The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) re-enrolled the R24.9m Nulane fraud and corruption case in the Bloemfontein magistrate’s court on Thursday.”
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Multiple independent news sources (News24, TimesLIVE, and another web result) confirm that IDAC re-enrolled the R24.9m Nulane fraud and corruption case in the Bloemfontein magistrate's court on Thursday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Direcția Generală Anticorupție (Anti-Corruption General Directorate, DGA) is an agency subordinated to the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs, tasked with preventing and investigating the corruptio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sehlahle Fannie Masemola (born 1964) is a South African police officer who served as the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service from 2022 until his suspension in April 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF; Russian: Сле́дственный комите́т Росси́йской Федера́ции, romanized: Sledstvyennyy komitet Rossiyskoy Federatsii) has since January 2011 been…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigative_Committee_of_Rus…
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Claim 7: ““The matter was postponed to September 22 for the disclosure of the docket,” he said.”
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Two independent news sources (eNCA and another web result) confirm the matter was postponed to September 22 for the disclosure of the docket.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) re-enrolled the R24.9m Nulane fraud and corruption case in the Bloemfontein magistrate’s court on Thursday.“The matter was postponed to Septembe…
https://www.businessday.co.za/news/2026-06-04-idac-re-enrols…
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web search NEUTRAL — As a result, the case is set to proceed through the judicial process. During the latest court appearance, all accused persons were present after being served with summonses. The matter was postponed t…
https://www.enca.com/news-top-stories/npa-re-enrols-gupta-li…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Nulane corruption case linked to the Guptas has been postponed until later this month for the Bloemfontein High Court to hear applications brought by Dinesh Patel and Gupta acolyte Ronica Ragavan.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-09-09-nulane-fr…
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Claim 8: “The other accused are: alleged Gupta associate Iqbal Sharma; former head of the Free State department of rural development Peter Thabethe; former provincial agriculture department CFO Seipati Dhlamini; Sharma’s brother in law and a representative of Nulane Dinesh Patel; Islandsite director Ronica Ragavan; and the entities Nulane Investment and Islandsite.”
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Web search results list the accused as Iqbal Sharma, Nulane Investment, Peter Thabethe, Seipati Dhlamini, Ronica Ragavan, and others, matching the claim's list.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 12, 2025 ... 9 million by the Free State Department of Agriculture to Nulane Investments – owned by Iqbal Sharma – in order to conduct a feasibility test for ...
https://www.facebook.com/carteblanchetv/posts/just-in-the-su…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 23, 2023 ... 9m Free State fraud and money laundering case ... The R24.9m Nulane Investments trial began in the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein on Monday ...
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-01-23-nulane-in…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 12, 2025 ... The accused who were discharged are Iqbal Sharma and his company Nulane Investment, former ... Seipati Dhlamini, Ronica Ragavan and the ...
https://www.justice.gov.za/m_statements/2025/20250612-Nulane…
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