Under cross-examination, the department’s head of supply chain management, Thabo Mashile, contradicted the state’s main argument, conceding that for its part, the department was happy with the price paid for the land in question, denying there were any misrepresentations.
The former State Security Minister and ANC MP is, along with 16 others currently standing trial, facing around 78 charges of graft in a case that revolves around dodgy land deals dating back more than a decade.
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Former State Security Minister and African National Congress (ANC) MP Bongani Bongo and 16 others are now facing criminal charges over the deals, in which the prices of two farms purchased for housing were allegedly heavily inflated.