Richard Mdluli gets high court date

19 October 2011 - 02:52 By CHANDRÉ PRINCE
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Embattled police crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli's murder case has been set down for trial in the Johannesburg High Court next year.

Mdluli and his three co-accused, Colonel Nkosana "Killer" Ximba, court orderly Warrant-Officer Samuel Dlomo and Colonel Mthunzi-Omhle Mtunzi, will in April answer to charges of murder, kidnapping, conspiracy to murder, assault, defeating or obstructing the ends of justice, corruption, and attempted murder relating to the 1999 killing of Oupa Ramogibe.

The suspended spy boss's woes began shortly after his arrest in March - 12 years after Ramogibe was murdered.

He is alleged to be the mastermind behind Ramogibe's murder in Vosloorus.

The two were allegedly involved in a love triangle with a Tshidi Buthelezi, with whom Mdluli has a child.

Mdluli has been mired in controversy in recent months. Last month he was arrested and made a brief appearance in the Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court on charges of fraud amounting to millions.

It is alleged that Mdluli used taxpayers' money to help pay for a private 7-series BMW.

He also allegedly registered his relatives, and his girlfriends and their families, as covert intelligence operatives.

In one instance, he allegedly paid his girlfriend R18000 a month.

He will appear in court on December 14 on the fraud charges.

City Press reported that Hawks head Anwa Dramat has appointed a team to investigate the Mdluli murder allegations.

The newspaper reported that the team has unearthed widespread corruption and nepotism, allegedly by Mdluli.

It found that Mdluli commissioned many of his relatives: he appointed his former wife a colonel, his present wife (formerly a clerk at Home Affairs) a colonel, his son a captain, his daughter a warrant officer, his sister-in-law a warrant officer, his wife's cousin a colonel and a friend a constable.

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