The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has reason to believe that the life of a witness in the case against a corruption-accused businessman in Cape Town is in danger.  

Bail proceedings in the case against Shaun Roos, who allegedly tried to bribe a City official, were meant to continue with arguments on Wednesday.  

However, the State said it became privy to information of a threat to a witness’s life and requested a postponement to the bail application matter. 

According to the NPA spokesperson, Eric Ntabazalila, the State said a witness claimed that Roos had “got prison gang members to kidnap” the individual. 

“The State revealed that it has an affidavit where the witness indicated that the accused got prison gang members to kidnap the witness. There is a recording of this,” said Ntabazalila.  

Roos’ legal team, however, discredited the threat, and opposed the State’s request for a postponement. It argued that the State could not show when, where and who put the witness’s life in danger, adding that “she faced cases at the Bluedowns and Cape Town Magistrate’s Court”. 

“It opposed the application as it felt it was not in the interest of justice,” said Ntabazalila.  

The court allowed the State to add this new evidence to the case and postponed the matter to next Tuesday for the defence to respond. 

“The case was then postponed until 21 April 2026 for the defence to indicate whether it will respond to the statement/ affidavit of the IO on the threat of the witness.” 

Roos, who owns the construction company Triple C Maintenance and Services, allegedly attempted to halt an investigation into tender fraud by offering money to City Manager Lungelo Mbandazayo. 

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