Bakang Seretse and co-accused lose bid to stop DCEC prosecutors in NPF case

Magistrate Mareledi Dipate ruled on June 30, 2026, that the prosecution team, led by Deputy Director of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime DCEC Thabo Malambane, had the legal authority to proceed. This decision allows the criminal proceedings to continue against Seretse, Sharifa Noor, Alphonse Molamu Ndzinge, Kgori Capital Pty Ltd, and Kgori Holdings Pty Ltd, who face a 63-count indictment including charges of stealing by agent, forgery, conspiracy to defraud, and money laundering. The ruling focused solely on the prosecutors' authority and did not address the merits of the criminal charges themselves.