On Thursday, during his first appearance at the commission, he described how his own desktop research led him to identify Paras as the ideal company to partner in the management of the project.
After his research was conducted, he first began interacting with Paras in December 2011 - four months after his appointment as head of department. According to his testimony, Thabethe got contact numbers from the company's website and called their offices in New Delhi. On February 28 2012, then Free State premier Ace Magashule approved Thabethe's travel to India - and only a day later, Thabethe had his airline tickets and accommodation ready.Asked how he was able to arrange the flight so quickly, Thabethe admitted that he had made the flight arrangements beforehand and reserved seats in anticipation of a successful application to the premier. He, along with Magashule's adviser and Gupta ally Narayan, arrived in India on March 1.
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