Mkhwebane 'protects' Zwane in Vrede dairy farm report
11 February 2018 - 00:01
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane ignored evidence implicating Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane in her watered-down report of the controversial Vrede dairy farm project.
According to insiders, Mkhwebane was presented with information by investigators that pointed to Zwane. However, she refused to include it in her final report.
Zwane is not mentioned in the report despite evidence that he gave the dairy project the go-ahead.
Investigators from the Free State office of the public protector have spent four years on the Vrede farm case. The project diverted R220-million in state money to the Gupta-linked company Estina, which ran the farm...
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