Tongaat Mall owner must wait until May

Durban - Jay Singh, the man behind the ill-fated Tongaat Mall, will have to wait until at least the end of May before he finds out who might be prosecuted in connection with the mall's collapse.

Singh, who spent four days before a department of labour commission of inquiry, defended himself and his company and repeatedly laid the blame for the mall's collapse on design engineer Andre Ballack.

But only after Singh's lawyer, those of the municipality and that of Andre Ballack have delivered their closing arguments on 27 March, will labour department occupational health and safety manager Phumudzo Maphaha begin drafting his report for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).