DAYS OF ZONDO, PART FOUR: State Capture report urges probe of Mosebenzi Zwane and Free State officials over ‘asbestos debacle’ and failed housing project

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The State Capture Commission’s fourth report has recommended that the National Prosecuting Authority consider charges against controversial businessman Edwin Sodi and former Free State government officials Nthimotse Timothy Mokhesi and Thabane Zulu. It ...

The State Capture Commission’s fourth report, released on Friday, has recommended that the National Prosecuting Authority consider criminal charges against controversial businessman Edwin Sodi, Nthimotse Timothy Mokhesi, the former Free State head of human settlements, and Thabane Zulu, who was director-general in the national Department of Human Settlements, for their roles in the asbestos eradication project in the Free State.

visited Free State residents who had suffered from lung issues because of the asbestos in their homes, many of them weren’t aware that it was causing them to fall ill, nor were they aware that there was a provincial project to remove it.The provincial human settlements department set aside R255-million for the project after it had received and approved an unsolicited proposal from the Blackhead Consulting/Diamond Hill Joint Venture.

The commission said it was clear that Mokhesi was central in awarding the contract to the Blackhead Consulting/Diamond Hill Joint Venture. The report recommends further investigations with a view to possibly prosecuting Mokhesi for possible corruption for his decision to enter into the agreement with Blackhead Consulting/Diamond Hill.

The commission was not convinced by Zulu and Sodi’s story. In the report, the commission writes: “[The R600,000] may well have been a bribe or reward to Mr Zulu for his role in facilitating the award of the asbestos contract”. Former Minister of Mineral Resources Mosebenzi Zwane testifies at the Zondo Commission on 13 May 2021 in Johannesburg.

 

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