Hawks arrest alleged masterminds of R200m Free State asbestos deal

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The Hawks have arrested four of the seven alleged masterminds of a more than R200m asbestos audit project in the Free State.

Hawks spokesperson Brig Hangwani Mulaudzi confirmed that four of the seven people sought have been arrested, two remain on the run, while they are hot on the heels of another arrest.

"We have arrested four of them. I am awaiting an update from my guys in Gauteng regarding one of the suspects there. Two of the other suspects, one in KwaZulu-Natal and Pretoria remain on the run." TimesLIVE has it on good authority that the man sought after in KZN is a recently appointed senior official from the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone .The arrests follow a R255m tender the Free State department of human settlements awarded in 2014 to audit and assess households in the province with asbestos roofing.

The tender was awarded to Blackhead Consulting and Diamond Hill Trading. The joint venture later subcontracted Mastertrade 232 to do the audit. Mastertrade, in turn, subcontracted ORI Group to do the audit and assessment for R21.3m. Diamond Hill Trading was owned by businessman Ignatius “Igo” Mpambani who was murdered in broad daylight while driving down Sandton’s Bowling Avenue in a Bentley.

 

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When is Msebenzi Zwane going to be arrested for the Billion that never built a single RDP

I understand very clearly, during the testimony we heard about the corruptors and the corruptees. I hope the Zwelis and the Zizis of this world are part of the group. If not then JGZuma has a point

Lots of news about the Hawks doing their job lately, wonder what they were up to previously.

Round Them All Up! Forward!

At least Cyril is keeping to his word about tackling corruption 🙏🏿

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