EXPLAINER: GuptaLeaks - Ace Magashule, the MEC and the R2m Gupta bribe | CowansView
In an attempt to muscle in on a R140m consultancy deal in 2011, one Gupta brother allegedly offered former Free State MEC for economic development Mxolisi Dukwana a R2m bribe to approve the awarding of a contract to Gupta-linked businessmen.
Dukwana is scheduled to appear before the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture on Friday and is expected to reveal the attempted bribe and more state capture details in the Free State. Nulane was owned by Gupta-linked businessman and former Transnet board member Iqbal Sharma while his American business partner John Thomas owned California-based P3.Sipping his Grapetiser, he refused the cash bribe as well.But a News24 investigation that delved into court papers, company records and documents in the Gupta leaks as well as extensive interviews with key players involved in the planned deal has revealed Dukwana may in fact have signed after all.
"I don't know what you are talking about. Your questions and the narrative you give is a rehashing of your previous story which remains one-sided and misleading, evidently geared towards perpetuating a false narrative based on fabrications and lies. Your attempts to isolate me have not gone unnoticed, but I remain firm and unshaken. And focused on securing a landslide victory for the ANC in the upcoming elections," Magashule said in a written response.
Less than two years after the CFT project was halted in its tracks the Estina project would be born. The dairy farm, which was supposed to have benefited local, emerging farmers, resulted in the family spiriting R220m out of the country to their coffers in Dubai.Magashule has previously been linked to the Gupta family through his sons, Tshepiso and Thato Magashule.
Potential American investors had been brought on board, and it is likely this R20bn figure was most enticing to the capturers. This too, fell through when Gordhan reportedly questioned the affordability.Rajesh 'Tony' Gupta, one of the three controversial Gupta brothers, allegedly offered Mxolisi Dukwana a R2-million bribe in 2011.
"We started work on the project but everything came to a halt... it seemed as if Dukwana did not have the authority or something like that," he added. Effectively, the Gupta family would have siphoned R80m out of the country for doing nothing. The subcontracting agreement would have provided a veil of legitimacy for the money flow.
The agreement supported one insider's claim that the Gupta family wanted 70% of the profits in exchange for facilitating the deal. The first is a 19-page document titled"Master Plan Agreement" between the Department of Economic Development and the Nulane/P3 consortium, which outlines what the master plan will entail.
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