Estina dairy farm project
Magashule, Zwane failed to execute oversight on Vrede dairy farm project - PP
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Monday released a number of investigation reports at a press briefing.
Researcher Paul Holden describes some of the reasons for the intricate flows: “I suspect two primary purposes; the one is to make the tracing of the funds slightly more difficult, and the second is that it creates a break for Estina, which can be used to justify if there ever was an investigation.”
A researcher testified at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture how the Guptas used a method known as smurfing to launder money.
They joined a protest by dozens of ANC Free State members outside Luthuli House in Joburg on Monday, where they handed over a memorandum of demands to ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe.
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule told EWN he heard of a warrant against him being signed by a Bloemfontein court relating to millions of rand spent on the failed Estina dairy farm project that left black farmers destitute.
The former chief financial officer the Free State depart of agriculture and Rural Development, Seipati Dhlamini, will give testimony on the Vrede Dairy Farm.
Former Free State Finance MEC Elizabeth Rockman said she met with Tony Gupta on at least five occasions at their Saxonwold residence where she raised concerns about reports in the media that cattle were dying at the Estina farm.
The commission has heard harrowing accounts from emerging farmers who were supposed to have benefited from the project.