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Assets of Edwin Sodi and Blackhead Consulting seized
The Asset Forfeiture Unit seized cars belonging to businessperson Edwin Sodi and his company Blackhead Consulting on 6 October 2020. This comes after Sodi and...
The seven accused in the R255 million asbestos saga have been granted bail ranging from R50,000 to R500,000. The accused face around 60 charges in connection with an asbestos removal tender in the Free State where they allegedly pocketed millions of rands.
Sodi and his co-accused on Friday were charged with corruption, money laundering, and theft in the R255 million asbestos contract.
The seven accused in the R255 million asbestos saga were arrested earlier this week and were granted bail ranging from R50,000 to R500,000 on Friday 2 October 2020. Among them are businessman Edwin Sodi and former Mangaung mayor Olly Mlamleli.
They were all charged on Friday with corruption and money laundering and theft at the Bloemfontein Magistrate Court in connection with the R255 million asbestos project.
It’s understood the suspect, who was linked to the controversial multi-million rand Free State asbestos project, presented himself to authorities in Durban on Thursday afternoon.
Five suspects were arrested, one was expected to hand himself over, and one was still at large
Hawks spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi said that other suspects were being arrested in the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal.
Edwin Sodi on Tuesday concluded another appearance at the state capture commission of inquiry.
The company made a R200 million profit from a R255 million contract for asbestos auditing and removal in the Free State, and another R100 million in Gauteng.
Nthimotse Mokhesi is HOD of the Free State Housing Department that gave Blackhead Consulting a R255 million asbestos contract.
Nthimotse Mokhesi told the state capture commission on Monday that in hindsight he should not have entered into the deal, which saw businessman Edwin Sodi paying the money for his house.
The commission will today hear from the provincial head of the department of Human Settlements Mr Nthimotse Mokhesi appearing before the commission.
The director of Blackhead Consulting, Edwin Sodi, initially said that he did not believe it was wrong to bid for the work but eventually conceded that the company should not have offered its services.
Environmental health expert Jacobus Roets told the state capture commission that he had never heard of Blackhead Consulting or Diamond Hill Consulting, the companies that were paid to do the work.