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Free State DA: Beneficiaries of the #VredeDairyProject still excluded

───   CHRISTAL-LIZE MULLER 06:44 Fri, 18 Oct 2019

Free State DA: Beneficiaries of the #VredeDairyProject still excluded | News Article
PHOTO: Bloemfontein Courant

The DA in the Free State has criticised the former MEC of Finance, Elsabe Rockman, for discrepancies in her testimony at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture about the controversial Vrede Dairy Project.


Roy Jankielsohn, DA Leader in the Provincial Legislature and the Caucus Leader, says Rockman’s testimony about the project being comparatively small as opposed to other projects worth billions in the provincial health and education departments, is outrageous.  He is of the opinion the Cupta-linked Estina dairy farm might not have been a priority project for Rockman, but R250 million is not a small amount in the eyes of the tax payers, who had to pay for it.

According to Jankielsohn another important aspect is the legitimacy of the project. He believes  a project cannot exist without its beneficiaries and even at this stage the rightful beneficiaries of the project are excluded. Jankielsohn previously testified before the commission about this issue and it seems the only company that benefited from the project was Estina which has a very strong  Gupta link.

OFM News’ Christal-Lize Muller spoke to Jankielsohn…


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