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Rockman, who has since left working for the provincial government, told the commission that she had met one of the Gupta brothers, Rajesh Toni Gupta, who first pitched that the Free State government should subscribe to the newly established The New Age newspaper.Rockman said she had been asked by former Free State premier Ace Magashule of the Gupta's interest in pitching for the advertising and support for The New Age.
In 2012 the provincial government had signed an agreement with Estina for the establishment of a dairy farm project which was meant to benefit small farmers in the area. It established that the farm did not benefit those intended farmers and was instead distributed into Gupta-linked bank accounts.Rockman said met with Rajesh Gupta who complained about the R84 million the provincial government owed to Estina. The government had paid R30 million at the time which was meant to start the project.
Rockman said she had visited the farm first in May 2013 and saw that there was some work done. But she said she became concerned when media reports circulated that cows were dying on the farm. When she met with Toni Gupta, she was presented with a report from the SPCA which stated that the farm was doing well and the animals were not in danger.
Was she forced or bribed to procure or pay monies to the Guptas? My workload has increased nowadays and it has become difficult to follow the state capture, and Nicholas Nino
Estina Estina Estina Estina hae maan when are we gonna hear other corrupt stories from Provinces to Municipalities...other SOEs other than Denel and Eskom..
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