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Air Rhodesia Crashes Cast in Stone in Pretoria • DAILY NEWS PAGE 3 NEWS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12 2013 WEATHER DURBAN Panday in ‘suit of the century’ TODAY Partly cloudy, late showers (30%) YOGAS NAIR Wendy Greef did not give any reasons why the charges had 21°/27° MHLANGA business- Businessman excited as charges withdrawn been provisionally withdrawn. man, Thoshan Pan- The ruling was made by Judge day, has vowed to for myself and my family,” he pact on his business image. cles in KZN to fight my battle. It leged bribe money being placed Rob Callum. TOMORROW Ulaunch the “the civil said. He is involved in diamond seems like we were victorious.” in the boot of Booysen’s car at At the time the two were Partly cloudy, claim of the century” against “Our lives were threatened and petroleum mining, prop- Booysen did not want to the SAPS provincial headquar- nabbed in September, 2011, cloudy in the the State after bribery charges and I had to employ private, erty development as well as im- comment on the charges being ters in Bram Fischer (Ord- Madhoe had allegedly given evening against him were provisionally armed security guards to en- ports and exports. withdrawn against Panday, but nance) Road. Booysen a bag containing withdrawn in the Durban High sure my family’s safety. I was “All the negative publicity a source close to the investiga- “Fingerprints of one of the R1.3m in the parking lot of the 21°/29° Court yesterday. arrested on September 24, 2011 has impacted on my business tion said he was surprised by accused was also found on a SAPS provincial headquarters Charges against his co-ac- and spent seven days in cus- and private life. But, fortu- the decision of the Director of document that was seized dur- in Bram Fischer Road. cused, police Colonel Navin tody. It was humiliating.” nately, the majority have re- Public Prosecutions (DPP). ing the sting.” The balance of the R2m was PIETERMARITZBURG Madhoe, were also provision- Panday said his arrest was mained supportive and have “In my view the evidence Technical evidence was also allegedly to be paid later. ally withdrawn. also carefully planned to coin- stood by me since my arrest,” was overwhelming. There was obtained, he said. Police said then that Booy- TODAY In 2011, the two were ac- cide with his 40th birthday cel- he said. sufficient technical, circum- “All this was in the docket. It sen had been confronted on the Partly cloudy, late cused of trying to bribe then ebrations, to publicly humiliate “When I received word the FREE: Thoshan Panday outside stantial and witness evidence is beyond me how the charges day of the alleged bribe to drop showers (30%) KwaZulu-Natal Hawks boss, him. charges were going to be the Durban High Court for a conviction,” the source were withdrawn.” an investigation of collusion 18°/27° Major-General Johan Booysen, “But, despite all the difficult dropped, I was elated. I thanked yesterday after bribery charges said. Panday denied the claims by and tender fraud between Mad- with R2 million to quash inves- times, I knew the day would God...”. were provisionally withdrawn. “Madhoe was arrested dur- the police investigator: “If hoe and Panday. tigations into a R60m police ac- come when I would walk free. “This was an attempt by ing a sting operation. This was there is all this evidence, where It was alleged that in an ef- commodation tender scam dur- The charges have been provi- jealous and vindictive cops to vailed. They now look like held after obtaining a Section is it? It never came up in court. fort to thwart the probe, Booy- TOMORROW ing the 2010 World Cup. sionally withdrawn. While take me down. They tried every fools. If they had so much of 252 authority more than a week My lawyer has never had sight sen had been shown a dossier Morning mist. Panday, describing himself some may say that I should not trick in the book to ruin me. dope on me, why didn’t it result before the operation went of it.” of photographs of suspects Partly cloudy, late as a fighter and a survivor, told count my chickens before they But, it was not about me. in my conviction?” down.” Panday said he was waiting who had died in the custody of showers (30%) the Daily News yesterday that hatch, I know it’s over. There is “They thought by closing in He said another turning Section 252 of the Criminal on an opinion from his legal Durban’s Organised Crime 17°/29° he always knew he would walk no evidence to support the wild on me, they could discredit and point in his case was engaging Procedure Act regulates the team to pursue a major civil Unit in Cato Manor. free. claims against me.” expose high ranking police offi- a new legal team. setting of traps and undercover claim. “This will be the civil When Booysen refused to “For the past one-and-a-half Panday said his arrest, and cers for alleged corruption. But “I decided I was not going operations. claim of the century... mark heed the threat, police said at TEMPERATURES years, since I was arrested and “character assassination” in it did not work. with a knife to a gunfight. I en- The source said there was my word.” the time, the bribe was al- Min Max charged, life has been stressful the media, had also had an im- “Instead, justice has pre- gaged the best in the legal cir- also video footage of the al- Yesterday, state prosecutor legedly offered. Empangeni 23 31 Kokstad 13 23 Ladysmith 16 28 Newcastle 18 29 Port Shepstone 21 26 Richards Bay 23 30 Four Air Rhodesia Ulundi 19 27 RAINFALL DBN PMB missing This month 15.4 67.2 crashes cast in Month average 113 117 This year 180.6 180.2 after Year average 1 009 844 TIDES stone in Pretoria HIGH TIDE: Today 05.06, 17.16 storm Tomorrow 05.37, 17.46 PETA THORNYCRAFT vivors. LOW TIDE: Today 11.08, 23.20 ANELISA KUBHEKA and LEE RONDGANGER Months after the second Vis- Tomorrow 11.39, 23.50 Sunset today 18.46 and SAPA count crash, Ian Smith’s Sunrise tomorrow 05.34 A MEMORIAL has been un- Rhodesians, and Nkomo and Moonrise 07.37 FOUR people are missing after veiled at the Voortrekker Mon- his partner in the war, Robert Moonset 19.56 a severe thunderstorm in the ument in Pretoria to commem- Mugabe, began negotiating a S COAST Msinga area in northern orate the shooting down of two ceasefire in London. Sea: Moderate KwaZulu-Natal last night. Air Rhodesia passenger air- At the memorial service in Wind: NE15kt Temp: 24°C Co-operative Governance craft 34 years ago. dappled shade under acacia N COAST and Traditional Affairs Depart- The granite and concrete trees in the gardens near the Sea: Calm ment spokesman, Lennox structure, remembering the monument, the old green and Wind: NE5kt-10kt Temp: 26°C Mabaso, said houses were planes shot down near Kariba white Rhodesian flag flew, www.weathersa.co.za flooded when the uThukela airport by Zipra guerrillas raised by Patrick Viljoen, a OR CALL 082 162 River burst its banks after the loyal to nationalist leader, member of Rhodesia’s Special 7-DAY REGIONAL FORECASTS rain started at about 6pm. Joshua Nkomo, was unveiled Air Service. S COAST: 082 231 1600 Mabaso said that yester- on Saturday. Former Rhodesian Broad- N COAST: 082 231 1677 DRAKENSBERG: 082 231 1602 day’s storm had caused “mas- Major-General Gert Opper- casting Corporation an- sive damage” in the Msinga man (retired), the managing di- nouncer, Mike Westcott chaired area. rector of the Heritage Fund, the service, saying: “At last we “This happened last night, which caretakes Afrikaner her- have a memorial. The families CEREMONY: A memorial was unvelied to commemorate the shooting down of two Air Rhodesia passenger planes 34 years ago. CALL US but we still have teams on the itage, said the memorial was of those who died had holes in ground assessing the damage erected by the Viscount memo- their hearts. Now they will not time? We are very curious and souls…” Do you have any and tallying reports of the rial committee. be forgotten.” I think they should come in the The Department of Arts news? Call us at number of people and houses “There is no place where the About 200 people attended open and say exactly what they and Culture said the affected,” he said. people of the old (Rhodesian) the service. want.” Voortrekker Monument 031 308 2124 or Co-operative Governance dispensation can get closure. He said the SAS had found Dabengwa said they were grounds were available to dif- e-mail us at MEC Nomusa Dube had dis- This is just a memorial and and killed Nkomo’s loyalists ready to take the British head ferent organisations and the [email protected] patched disaster teams to help nothing more. There is no polit- who fired the missile that on with regards to the issue. general public to establish me- affected residents. Dube was ical intentions at all. It just af- brought down the second Vis- “They want to morials. expected to visit the area this fords people the opportunity to count. start a condem- morning to assess the damage. get closure,” he said yesterday. Westcott repeatedly de- nation war and National Freedom Party After downing the first scribed those who shot down we will take president Zanele KaMagwaza- plane in September 1978, the aircraft as “gooks” and them on because FALL Msibi appealed for help, saying Nkomo’s Zapu guerrillas “terrs”.
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