News24 | Fort Hare fraud case: Accused agrees to have cellphone accessed after 42 days of ‘hide and seek’

University of Fort Hare accused Isaac Plaatjies and Terrence Joubert (seated) at the Alice Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. (Sithandiwe Velaphi/News24)

After 42 days of wrangling over access to a cellphone that the State believes contains crucial information in the University of Fort Hare fraud and corruption case, Terrence Joubert has finally agreed to have his cellphone accessed.

But this is not the first time that Joubert has told the court that he would give investigating officers access to his phone.

Joubert is among 16 people accused of defrauding the university of R171 million in the alleged racketeering scheme.