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The so-called blue lights tender fraud case involving former police officers and a businessman has been postponed to 30 June.
The accused appeared in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Friday.
They face 392 charges, including fraud, corruption, theft and money laundering.
The Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate s Court has granted a further two-month postponement in the case against former senior police officers and a businessman allegedly involved in the fraudulent multimillion-rand blue lights tender.
The accused made a brief appearance in court on Friday and the case was postponed to 30 June, allowing the accused time to familiarise themselves with the contents of the dockets.
Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi failed to appear
alongside his co-accused former ANC MP Vincent Smith in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday.
Agrizzi s lawyer furnished the court with a medical certificate.
Agrizzi and Smith are charged with corruption, while Smith faces additional charges of fraud for alleged payments made to his company, Euroblitz, in 2015 and 2016.
Former Bosasa COO-turned-whistleblower Angelo Agrizzi has again failed to appear in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate s Court in Gauteng due to illness.
Agrizzi was supposed to appear alongside his co-accused, former ANC MP Vincent Smith, on Tuesday.