Overview

• Makwetla appeared at the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Katlehong after handing himself over at Brackendowns Police Station.
• He faces charges of contravening the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act and fraud tied to a 2015 home security project valued at about R350,000.
• IDAC said his repeated failure to declare the benefit to Parliament over four years breached the Members’ Code of Ethical Conduct.
• The prosecution follows the commission’s recommendation by chair Raymond Zondo to investigate possible PRECCA violations linked to Bosasa.
• Makwetla disputes wrongdoing, saying he sought only an estimate, did not approve the work, later paid R25,000, while a former Bosasa employee alleged extensive upgrades.