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🔴 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 | 𝗚𝗨𝗣𝗧𝗔-𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗥𝟭𝟬𝟳.𝟱 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗘
Money meant to repair environmental damage at two Mpumalanga mines was unlawfully used to pay mining contractors and other third parties, according to the NPA.
The Johannesburg High Court has convicted Ronica Ragavan, Pushpaveni Ugeshni Govender and three Gupta-linked companies, Optimum Coal Mine, Koornfontein Mines and Tegeta Exploration and Resources, of fraud and money laundering involving R107.5 million in mine rehabilitation funds.
Former Mineral Resources deputy director-general Maleatlana Joel Raphela was acquitted on all counts.
Sentencing proceedings are set for 1 December 2026. Ragavan and Govender remain on bail.
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