Blue lights tender: Phahlane, Mgwenya fight to have case struck from roll, judgment expected in May | News24

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Blue lights tender: Phahlane, Mgwenya fight to have case struck from roll, judgment expected in May | News24

Two former senior police officers will have to wait for almost two months to find out if their application to have their multimillion-rand blue lights tender case struck off the roll has succeeded.

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