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Brian Molefe

Former Group Chief Executive of Transnet who is an accused in National Prosecuting Authority corruption prosecutions over Transnet's locomotive procurement.

Latest ruling source 22 Oct 2026Docket checked 27 Oct 20263 sources

  1. Question

    What did the court decide?

  2. Where it stands

    PendingWhere it stands

    2 cases recorded. Most recent: S v Molefe, Singh, Gama, Pita, Ramosebudi, Pillay, Nyhonyha, Roy and Moodley (Transnet advisory tender) (pending).

  3. Detail

    S v Molefe, Singh, Gama, Pita, Ramosebudi, Pillay, Nyhonyha, Roy and Moodley (Transnet advisory tender)

    Pending
    Court
    High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Johannesburg
    Filed
    2022
    Parties
    The State v Brian Molefe, Anoj Singh, Siyabonga Gama, Garry Pita, Phetolo Ramosebudi, Niven Pillay, Litha Nyhonyha, Daniel Roy, Kuben Moodley

    What was claimed

    Contravention of the Public Finance Management Act, fraud, money laundering and corruption relating to a 2012 locomotives transaction advisory tender awarded to a McKinsey-led consortium; prosecutors allege Regiments Capital was irregularly brought in, raising the contract's value to over R395m.

    What the court decided

    No verdict. 2025-01-31: trial postponed to 2 February 2026.1

    S v Gigaba, Singh, Molefe, Gama and Jiyane (Transnet locomotive acquisition)

    Pending
    Court
    High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Johannesburg
    Parties
    The State v Malusi Gigaba, Anoj Singh, Brian Molefe, Siyabonga Gama, Thamsanqa Jiyane

    What was claimed

    Corruption relating to the alleged irregular award of contracts for 95, 100 and 1,064 locomotives, said by the NPA to have caused a loss of billions of rands to Transnet.

    What the court decided

    No verdict. 2026-01-30: case transferred to the High Court and postponed to 19 February 2026. October 2026: strike-off application (section 342A) argued; judgment reserved to 26 November 2026.2 3

  4. Judgments and reports

    1. SecondaryTransnet locomotives corruption trial set to start next yearTimesLive · 31 Jan 2025
    2. PrimaryCorruption case against Dr Gigaba and former Transnet executives transferred to the High CourtNational Prosecuting Authority of South Africa · 30 Jan 2026
    3. SecondaryTransnet corruption trial: High Court yet to rule on strike-off bidEyewitness News (EWN) · 22 Oct 2026

Legal status: Public Figure Record Verified

Docket note

27 Oct 2026 Published after review.

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