The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson, Sivenathi Gunya, said Hoorzook was released on condition that he report to the Sandton Police Station every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday between 6am and 5pm. He was also ordered to refrain from interfering with investigations or witnesses and share his live location with the investigating officer. Hoorzook faces multiple charges under the Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Act, including six alternative counts of contravening Section 4(1)(f)(ii) of the Act. Gunya said additional charges include contravening the Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act and the Firearms Control Act after failing to secure firearms as prescribed by law. Police said his arrest comes after a lengthy and meticulous investigation that started in May 2018 when the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) and the
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A former police reservist convicted of trying to bribe an investigator in the Fishrot fraud, corruption and racketeering case was sent to prison for three years yesterday. Magistrate Kandiwapa Nembia sentenced Sakaria Kokule (51) to five years’ imprisonment, of which two years are suspended for a period of five years, at the end of his trial in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court. Kokule has been in police custody for more than four and a half years following his arrest in January 2020. He was found guilty of corruptly giving gratification to an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigator, which is an offence under the Anti-Corruption Act, and attempting to defeat or obstruct the course of justice a month ago. Kokule, one of the key figures in the Fishrot case, James Hatuikulipi, and a