Johnathan Paoli
Suspended Pretoria Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair is expected to return to court on Tuesday, following allegations of corruption where it was previously alleged that the magistrate had received kickbacks in the form of home security upgrades from Sondolo IT, one of Bosasa’s subsidiaries implicated in the State Capture Commission.
Nair was charged with corruption after allegedly accepting the installation of security systems from Bosasa, valued at R200 000, at his Pretoria home, including a full electric fence, CCTV and alarm systems.
Despite denying any wrongdoing and moving for the case to be dropped, Nair was implicated by various witnesses at the inquiry.
In an affidavit he deposed as well as in oral evidence he presented before the commission, Nair denied any involvement in corruption or State capture and insisted he arranged the upgrades to his home privately.
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo – who was the Deputy Chief Justice
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