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Dodgy payments, first revealed by amaBhungane in September 2019, were at the time the strongest indication of the EFF taking kickbacks in metros where it emerged as kingmaker after the 2016 local government elections. Now the Hawks are asking questions.
PHOTO: Twitter/@RivalaniMyambo, Tonny Myambo
Thulani Majola, a generous donor to ANC coffers, has grown his company off lucrative government contracts.
Majola’s LTE Consulting was at the heart of the infamous water project in Giyani, which despite costing billions, failed to deliver.
Revealed in this, the first of a two-part series, is how Majola also paid into an account linked to Julius Malema and the EFF.
Politically connected businessman Thulani Majola, recipient of billions in questionable government contracts, has artfully played both sides of the political aisle, handing out millions to ANC causes and to EFF leader Julius Malema, often during the same period.
AMABHUNGANE
Millions Out, Billions In (Part One): Businessman Thulani Majola’s investment in ANC and EFF kept everyone sweet
By Micah Reddy and Stefaans Brümmer for amaBhungane• 2 May 2021
Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters. (Photo: Waldo Swiegers / Bloomberg via Getty Images) / LTE Consulting s Thulani Majola. (Photo: Twitter) / South African currency. (Photo: Nadine Hutton / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Some days Thulani Majola gave generously to the ANC; some days he gave to EFF leader Julius Malema. This even-handedness might help explain the hoard of government contracts Majola’s LTE Consulting accumulated over the years, whose value can be measured not in millions … but in billions. This is the first of a two-part series.