The trial of a woman who allegedly implicated US R&B singer Robert Kelly, popularly known as R Kelly, in an investment scam, will start on 15 July.

The investigating officer, Detective Petros Mchunu, said on Thursday the trial would begin on July 15 in the Durban Regional Court.

Durban woman, Busisiwe Priscilla Zakwe, implicated R Kelly in an alleged investment scam that apparently swindled money out of more than 50 people, many of them pensioners.

Zakwe was arrested in 2005 for allegedly taking thousands of rands from investors by promising them they would benefit from ticket sales if they brought an R Kelly tour to the country that year.

Kelly never appeared in the country, but Zakwe claimed she deposited R10.5 million into his account.

State prosecutor Blackie Swart wrote a letter to Kelly's agent Jason Miller earlier this year requesting the singer to explain his involvement in the scam.

Mchunu said the State was still waiting for a response from Kelly?s agent.

Zakwe faced 67 charges of fraud and one of violating the Banking Act by running a scheme without permission.