The Mpumalanga department of human settlements wanted to buy a farm in Emalahleni in 2010 but "did not have the funds", only to buy it for R37.5m the following year.
A key state witness has disappeared in the R74m land deal corruption trial, leading to charges of corruption, theft and money laundering being dropped against former state security minister and ANC MP Bongani Bongo.
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The pretrial hearing of former state security minister Bongani Bongo has been postponed because one of his co-accused changed lawyers and the legal representative of another accused didn't show up in court.