A top Free State government official testified in the first State Capture trial involving a multimillion-rand feasibility study for the Gupta-linked Vrede Dairy Project.
A search and seizure warrant served on a top Free State official, Takisi Masiteng, came under scrutiny on Wednesday during the State Capture trial in the Bloemfontein High Court.
A State witness in the first State Capture trial has testified he knew he was wrong when he wrote a submission to deviate from the Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s procurement procedures for conducting a R24.9m feasibility study.
A senior official from the Free State department of agriculture testified on Thursday in the first State Capture trial that for years he did not report an allegedly irregular Nulane Investments transaction, and did so only when he was approached by the investigating officer in the case.