Gangster State

Gauteng, he was back in the Free State on 24 August. This time, he
drew R 12 000 from the FNB near Magashule’s official residence.
Again, the premier’s diary shows that Magashule was in town that day.
Shortly thereafter, Mpambani received another back-channel request
from the premier’s office.
On 28 August, a Vodacom employee emailed a quotation for 200
electronic tablet devices to Ipeleng Morake. Morake first forwarded the
quotation from her official work account to her private Gmail address.
From there, she sent it to Mpambani, who quickly settled the bill of
R 300 000 for the tablets. Morake later told me the devices were for
students. It appears that Magashule was again playing Father
Christmas with taxpayers’ money. When I asked her why she had
forwarded the request through her private email account, Morake
remained silent.
Mpambani continued to make payments for ‘engineering’ and
‘consulting’ services. Apart from the larger payments, he made several
smaller payments ranging between R 100 000 and R 300 000. Some of
these were made on days when he was in Bloemfontein, or shortly
before or after Magashule’s staffers contacted him.