{"id":46407,"date":"2023-03-30T22:40:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T22:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/da-councillor-nora-groses-fraud-case-struck-off-the-roll"},"modified":"2023-03-30T22:55:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T22:55:46","slug":"da-councillor-nora-groses-fraud-case-struck-off-the-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/da-councillor-nora-groses-fraud-case-struck-off-the-roll","title":{"rendered":"DA councillor Nora Grose&#8217;s  fraud case struck off the roll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The fraud and money laundering case against the DA&#8217;s Nora Grose was struck off the roll in the Bellville Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>It was confirmed by National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila, who said &#8220;the matter against Nora Grose was struck off the roll&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Grose was granted R10 000 bail by the Atlantis Magistrate&#8217;s Court after being accused of misappropriating City of Cape Town funds.<\/p>\n<p>The NPA was unable to provide a response to the representation made by Grose&#8217;s legal team on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The matter has been in and out of court for two years, and has been postponed at least 20 times.<\/p>\n<p>Grose faced charges of fraud and money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>Grose and Reuben Swartz, the chairperson of the SA Religious Civic Organisation, were accused of money laundering related to food parcels and for allegedly diverting money to a church.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation revealed that Swartz received up to R170 000 from the City&#8217;s humanitarian fund.<\/p>\n<p>The money was meant for food parcels in Atlantis, but was allegedly channelled to the church, which has ties to Grose.<\/p>\n<p>News24 previously reported that the church implicated in the case had paid back some of the money to the City.<\/p>\n<p>A document seen by News24 showed the Life Changers Church in Table View paid back R54 328.06 of the R171 778 in Covid-19 food relief funds it allegedly received irregularly.<\/p>\n<p>The DA&#8217;s Emma Powell said the NPA had failed to provide the court with any substantive evidence in relation to the charges brought against Grose.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two years later, this matter has been postponed no less than 20 times. In striking the matter from the roll, the court further expressed its severe dissatisfaction with the State&#8217;s inability to present its case, almost two years after the date of Grose&#8217;s arrest,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. The fraud and money laundering case against the DA&#8217;s Nora Grose was struck off the roll in the Bellville Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday. It was confirmed by National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila, who said &#8220;the matter against Nora Grose was struck off the roll&#8221;. 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