Two "unwilling" witnesses are expected to take the stand in the corruption trial of former top cop Jackie Selebi on Friday.

Just before lunch on Thursday, prosecutor Gerrie Nel asked the High Court in Johannesburg to stand down as he needed to resolve the matter with the legal teams of the unwilling witnesses.

He said they would be ready to testify by Friday morning.

After establishing that the witnesses had been subpoenaed, Judge Meyer Joffe said that they would be expected to tell the court why they were not available to testify on Thursday.

One of the witnesses expected to take the stand is a SA Revenue Service Manager Johan van Loggenrenberg. The Star previously reported that he will be able to relate details of an alleged meeting held between businessman Gavin Varejes, Selebi and SARS.

Glenn Agliotti, convicted drug trafficker and former self-proclaimed friend of Selebi's has previously claimed he set up the meeting.

The state's case is expected to wrap up within days.

Selebi is being tried on a count of corruption and another of defeating the ends of justice in connection with at least R1.2-million he allegedly received from Agliotti and others in return for favours.