The Gauteng government bought a Midvaal farm for more than 10 times the price it was sold for only a few years before. The R70m transaction was a windfall for the middleman, property tycoon Rali Mampeule, whose company was paid out R44m in ‘commission’ on the deal. Now the police are investigat.
The Gauteng government paid R70 million for a Midvaal farm that had been bought for less than a tenth of that price a few years prior, with a massive commission paid out.