Magashule’s former business partner and one of his closest associates.
A former member of Magashule’s provincial cabinet also poured cold
water on Kareli’s assertion that he did not know the former premier.
‘Ace was going to get some award from Kareli’s church in around
2012. He couldn’t attend that event, so he sent one of his MECs,’ this
source told me.
I asked the Karelis to explain why Kingdom Impact received almost
R 2 million from Mpambani for ‘professional engineering services’
when neither of them are registered with the Engineering Council of
South Africa. I also applied to inspect Kingdom Impact’s share register.
My queries and requests elicited the following response from Moroka
Attorneys: ... cognizance needs to be given to the type of economy that
the country is currently in and as such any financial information of our
clients and/or any individual that is made public, such disclosure opens
a person to vulnerability in relation to other negative aspects in our
country and these includes [sic] but not limited to crime and other
criminal elements and activities that such information can be used in.
That the Karelis are unable or unwilling to explain the nature of the
services provided by Kingdom Impact to Mpambani is cause for
concern. A simple peek by any law-enforcement agency into the
company’s bank records would no doubt yield some interesting results.