Friday is the last day of week two in the corruption trial of former top cop Jackie Selebi, and the first witness ? convicted drug trafficker Glenn Agliotti ? still remains on the stand.

On Friday, defence lawyer Jaap Cilliers' cross-examination of Agliotti in the High Court in Johannesburg was about minute details of dates on which various payments were made to different people.

Cilliers put it to Agliotti that Selebi was at a work meeting out of town when Agliotti had previously said a payment of R200 000 was made to the then police commissioner in December 2004.

"I have to accept that the accused was out of town? If the date is incorrect, it's incorrect," said Agliotti

However, he was adamant the payment was made to Selebi at some stage.

"I definitely cashed the cheque and I paid the money over to the accused."

The dates of various transactions appeared to confuse everyone, with even Cilliers getting muddled on one occasion.

It also seemed to test Judge Meyer Joffe's patience, with him declaring at one stage: "At best, this trial is confusing."

At another stage after intervening to try to clear a dispute about dates, he eventually sighed, saying: "... carry on please."

Previously, the judge urged Cilliers to get a move on.

"I'm really urging you, you must make serious progress in the matter," he said at the close of proceedings on Thursday.

Video viewed

On day eight of the trial, the court viewed a video recording of the once-friend of Selebi talking about an alleged conspiracy theory against them.

"The whole thing is to bring down Selebi and it's a politically-driven thing."

The approximately hour-long recording, made in a Sandton hotel room on 7 January 2008, films a meeting between Agliotti, police commissioner Mulangi Mphego and the National Intelligence Agency's Arthur Fraser discussing the investigation into Selebi.

Joffe has accepted it as provisional evidence.

On Friday, Agliotti said while he had no intention to lie in the video and it was generally true, "there are one or two exaggerations."

Agliotti has made a deal with the State in the Selebi case and will receive indemnity from prosecution on charges including corruption, money laundering, racketeering and defeating the ends of justice if he testifies "frankly and honestly".

Selebi is facing two counts of corruption and defeating the ends of justice related to payments of at least R1.2-million he allegedly received from Agliotti, slain mining magnate Brett Kebble and ex-Hyundai boss Billy Rautenbach.

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