Central SA
#Dukwana claims #Magashule fired him over #Guptas─── 07:50 Sat, 06 Apr 2019
Former Free State MEC for economic development, Mxolisi Dukwana, has alleged that he was fired by former Free State premier and current ANC secretary general, Ace Magashule, for not approving a multimillion-rand Gupta-linked contract in 2012.
News24 reports that Dukwana took to the stand at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture yesterday, delivering damning testimony over how he was roped into a meeting with Rajesh "Tony" Gupta by Magashule at the Gupta compound in late 2011.
Gupta allegedly offered him R2 million in cash if he signed a letter appointing Gupta-linked businessman Iqbal Sharma’s company to undertake the development of a master plan for a new "City for Tomorrow" – a project that planned to establish a high-tech urban development somewhere near Welkom.
Magashule was allegedly present when the bribe was offered, along with former president Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane Zuma. But Dukwana claims he refused.
Magashule has previously denied Dukwana’s allegations.
