Estina dairy farm
Gupta associates granted bail in Estina fraud case
On Tuesday, Kamal Vasram and Saliesh Indurjeeth were granted bail in the Pretoria Regional Court after they were arrested the night before.
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2 Gupta associates linked to Estina dairy project granted bail following arrest
Kamal Vasram and Saliesh Indurjeeth were arrested on Monday night and appeared in court on Tuesday morning.
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Net closing on Guptas as UAE-SA extradition treaty set to kick in
Interpol on Monday released a so-called red notice against Atul and Rajesh Gupta, the global crime-fighting body's most severe alert to law enforcement around the world.
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NPA eager for Estina dairy farm trial to get under way
The NPA's Investigating Directorate spokesperson Sindisiwe Seboka said that they had completed their investigations and they would be ready to hand over their full docket to the defence team when all the suspects appeared in court in early July.
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High-profile businessman, 3 ex-FS gov staff arrested for Vrede farm corruption
The group were arrested in the Free State, Gauteng and Mpumalanga on Wednesday.
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Zwane denies any knowledge of Estina involvement in failed Vrede dairy farm project
Former Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane told the Zondo Commission that he did not know that the Free State government had contracted a Gupta-linked company in the failed Free State dairy farm project. It is alleged that almost R200 million meant for emerging black farmers in Vrede, in the Free State, flowed to Estina. Zwane appeared at the Zondo Commission on 13 May 2021.
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Zondo Inquiry: Was FS cabinet misled on failed Vrede farm project funding?
Mosebenzi Zwane told the State Capture Commission that a provincial government exco had given the project the green light, but evidence leader Advocate Pule Seleka wanted to know if it wasn’t misled.
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Zwane: I wasn't aware that my flight to India was paid for by Guptas
Former Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane said it was just a coincidence that he and the choir would travel on the same flight that the Guptas had paid for.
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WATCH LIVE: Zondo Inquiry hears more evidence from Mosebenzi Zwane
The state capture commission is hearing evidence on Estina dairy farm project from former Minister of Mineral Resources Mosebenzi Zwane on Thursday.
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Inexperienced Gupta associate was paid over R3m in Estina farm money - Holden
Paul Holden said some of the R280 million that was paid by the Free State to Estina was used to raise loans offshore and was only returned to buy dairy equipment when there was an uproar.
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'Firms such as Estina paid millions of dollars to Gupta offshore companies'
A researcher at a forensic investigator on Thursday testified at the state capture commission about the Estina Dairy Farm offshore money flows, some of which he said were money laundering.
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WATCH LIVE: State capture inquiry hears evidence on Estina offshore money flows
The commission is hearing testimony of Estina Dairy Farm offshore money flows from a researcher employed by Shadow World Investigations, London, Paul Edward Holden.
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ANC FS members call for Magashule to account for corruption allegations
They protested outside Luthuli House on Monday calling on the party to take action against officials implicated in corruption.
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‘We’re heartbroken, ANC's corrupt must pay’: beneficiaries of failed FS projects
Members of the ANC in the Free State marched to party headquarters at Luthuli House on 19 October 2020. The protesters demanded that those responsible for corruption in the asbestos project and the Estina Dairy Farm be held accountable.
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FS ANC members want action against those implicated in Estina, asbestos projects
They protested outside the ANC’s headquarters at Luthuli House in Joburg and handed over a memorandum of demands to the national working committee (NWC).
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Zondo surprised by witness' response to questions of due diligence on Estina
Seipati Dlamini was the custodian of finances when then provincial Agriculture MEC Mosebenzi Zwane and department HOD Peter Thabethe bulldozed their way into bringing in the Gupta-linked Estina to run the Vrede Dairy Farm project.
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Former FS Agri CFO: I didn’t ask if Paras was qualified to deliver Estina farm
Evidence leader advocate Leah Cabashe asked Dlamini if she had notified Estina that the Agriculture Department had already bought equipment that it could use but she said it wasn’t her responsibility.
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5 FS govt officials arrested over corruption, fraud worth R245m granted bail
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Sipho Ngwema said that the suspects were granted R10,000 bail each.
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Hawks arrest 5 former and current FS govt officials for fraud, corruption
The investigating unit said that those handcuffed included a former head of a department and a retired official over money laundering of over R244 million.
