Gangster State

appointed Maono Construction, again without a tender process, to build the remaining 834 homes. FDC chairperson Hantsi Matseke o ...

Matseke told me that the project was still not finished due to ‘various challenges’. Even though Maono was appointed in 2017 , s ...

words. ‘The people of Vrede will wait for their new houses until Jesus Christ returns.’ Was that it? It sounded about right. ...

PART VI DADDY’S GIRL ...

17 The R9-million freebie Since coming to power, the ANC has consistently promised to tackle South Africa’s alarmingly high unem ...

dealings in the Free State, sources familiar with the matter told me that her stepfather – a man with a few political connection ...

to comment on the privacy issue. The spokespeople for both Magashule and Ramaphosa insisted that the then premier’s relationship ...

Magashule’s hometown of Parys paid Botlokwa Holdings R 2. 1 million for ‘protective clothing’ for municipal employees.^3 At some ...

the FDC applied for an eviction order at the High Court in Bloemfontein. One afternoon in December, while the eviction matter wa ...

According to a written reply from Shell to my inquiries, they were told that the FDC wanted to sell the site to ‘progress black ...

million windfall that went straight into her trust’s account. Thanks to the FDC’s willingness to sell the property to the MMAT T ...

with Thoko, these income streams dried up. I asked several sources familiar with the FDC’s dealings how this could have happened ...

FDC at board level and therefore have no ability to influence any operational transactions.’ None of the implicated parties, how ...

18 Vogelfontein Thoko Malembe’s reunion with her powerful father seemingly brought her great joy and a sense of belonging. ‘Ther ...

Magashule introduced the Chinese businessman, whom he referred to as Mr Lee, as the property developer who had been appointed by ...

process. The FSHS later told me that Unital had been appointed as a ‘subcontractor’ to VNA Consulting, the department’s ‘impleme ...

There is some confusion as to how many houses Thoko’s company actually completed. In response to my queries in early 2018 , the ...

had at some point considered installing sewerage and water pipes. One beneficiary who had decided to move into his new home rega ...

municipality’s] justification for its action was that ... the honourable Ace Magashule had instructed it to no longer cooperate ...

The wheels of the alleged scheme turned slowly, but once they were put in motion, Emendo’s fate was all but sealed. In November ...