South Africa

Chilling plot revealed after Estina dairy farm beneficiary is killed

Times Select is in possession of a clip in which two men discuss killing another farmer critical of the Gupta-linked project

24 October 2018 - 06:10 By Bongani Fuzile
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The Vrede dairy farm project in the Free State has been at the centre of allegations of money laundering by the Gupta family.
The Vrede dairy farm project in the Free State has been at the centre of allegations of money laundering by the Gupta family.
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An audio clip, in which two men discuss putting a man’s head under a train for money, has farmers in the Free State town of Vrede spooked.

But police say they are not actively investigating a link between the murder last week of an outspoken Vrede farmer and the audio recording, in which the men discuss a hit on the chairman of the local farming association.

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