bags. They put the bags in the back of their car. All of this was done
very openly and casually,’ said this source.
I had a look at Magashule’s diary. It was interesting to note that,
compared to previous years, he more frequently attended unspecified
meetings in Johannesburg in 2015. I excluded meetings in
Johannesburg for which his diary indicated a specific purpose or
destination, such as ‘Luthuli House’ or ‘AU Summit’. (His stop at the
AU Summit in Sandton, coincidentally, occurred in December 2015
and was followed by a ‘family visit’ in ‘Saxon world’, according to the
diary.) In 2013 , Magashule attended only one unspecified meeting in
Johannesburg, according to his diary. This increased to two in 2014 ,
both in January. In 2015 , the year in which my sources claimed to have
often seen Magashule at Shantan’s Sandton offices, the premier had no
less than five unspecified meetings in ‘Sandton’ or ‘Jhb’, the diary
indicated.
Shantan Reddy’s company strongly denied my sources’ claims. ‘Any
suggestion that a visit by any ANC or Government official to our
client’s offices [occurred], be it in Johannesburg or Durban, in relation
to business dealings, is specifically denied on the basis that our client
and/or its Directors have never engaged any ANC or Government
officials in regards to its business, all such business of our client having
been done and secured through a rigorous and compliant public
process,’ said Empire Technology’s lawyer, adding that the allegations
were ‘malicious’ and ‘outrageous’.
Edison’s lawyers also strongly denied the allegations regarding
Magashule’s visits to the Sandton offices and said they were ‘nothing
more than scandalous and malicious rumour-mongering’.
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