Blackhead
NPA expects more arrests in FS asbestos case
The first seven people and five companies have been charged and granted bail and their assets are being seized by the Asset Forfeiture Unit.
The group, made up of government officials and business owners including the director of inexperienced company Blackhead, was paid money for work that never materialised.
The group is made up of government officials and business owners, including the director of Blackhead, the inexperienced company that was paid R255 million for work that never materialised.
Hawks spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi said that other suspects were being arrested in the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal.
Blackhead director Edwin Sodi was back at the state capture commission on Tuesday, where he admitted that his company didn't have the expertise or accreditation to handle asbestos.
Free State Housing HOD Nthimotse Mokhesi said that he agreed with Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo that Blackhead, a company paid R255 million to audit and remove asbestos, misrepresented its expertise to get the job.
Blackhead director Edwin Sodi was responding to Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo’s question on why so much money was charged.
The state capture commission will on Wednesday continue to hear evidence relating to the Asbestos Project in the Free State provincial government from the director of BlackHead, Edward Sodi.