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those amounts exactly. For instance, on 28 March, after transferring a
‘project management’ fee of R 2. 4 million to Diamond Hill’s account, he
paid a third party R 1 million for ‘consulting services’. Unfortunately,
the IgoFiles contain a few blind spots with regards to the identity of the
beneficiaries of some of these payments.
Shortly before receiving the third FSHS payment, Mpambani emailed
an employee at the South African Music Awards (SAMAs) with a
special request. ‘Please be advised that MEC Mathabo Leeto (Sports,
Arts, Culture and Recreation FS) and her husband have expressed a
keen interest in attending the SAMA 2015. As this will be a private
arrangement and not through her office, I will be attending to her needs
and requests,’ Mpambani wrote. ‘The travelling guests will be 6 in total
(excluding the 2 bodyguards) and I will also be part of the guests.
Kindly advise how we can arrange for the accreditation for the security
detail. Since accommodation has been arranged, please advise on
VIP/Executive tickets.’
A few days later, the SAMA employee came back with a quote of just
over R 4 000 for the tickets. But Mpambani did not immediately settle
the invoice. Instead, he waited until 26 March, the day on which
Blackhead–Diamond Hill received their third payment from the FSHS.
Mpambani apparently made good on his promise to attend to Leeto’s
needs at the SAMAs. The awards ceremony was held at Sun City on
Sunday 19 April. That weekend, Mpambani spent almost R 50 000 at
The Palace of the Lost City, Sun City’s most luxurious hotel. This was
all money channelled into 605 Consulting’s account from the asbestos
contract’s third instalment. While these amounts are small in the
greater scheme of things, the transactions seemingly showed that Leeto
was indeed a recipient of at least some of the asbestos funds,