News24.com | LIVE: Jiba, Mrwebi ‘peddled misinformation’ to Zuma about Nxasana reinstating charges against him, #StateCaptureInquiry hears
2019-08-19 14:00
The judicial commission of inquiry into state capture continues with additional testimony from former national director of public prosecutions Mxolisi Nxasana.
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Zondo asks Nxasana if he ever reached out to Jiba or Mrwebi, or even Advocate Sibongile Mzinyathi, to improve relations between them. Nxasana says yes, he even invited Jiba out for coffee once, but she “just smiled” and it never happened.
Nxasana says he also reached out to Mrwebi, but it didn’t work. Nxasana says during a trip to London, he tried to greet him every day, but it did not bear any fruit.
Nxasana, however, says that Jiba and Mrwebi were very nice to him, face to face, which he found odd given their attitudes towards him behind the scenes.
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Estina dairy project: The intention was never realised, Zondo Commission hears
The intended beneficiaries of the Estina dairy farm project have no legal documentation to prove they are beneficiaries and therefore, no legal recourse.
This was according to state capture inquiry evidence leader, advocate Leah Gcabashe, who grilled former Free State Department of Agriculture head, Peter Thabethe on the failed project.
The commission was discussing a partnership agreement between Estina and the department. However, the beneficiaries were not part of the agreement.
At the time the agreement was signed, they had already identified the land but had not yet gone through the formalities of acquiring the land.
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Zondo commission: Taxpayers’ money wasted on ‘bright idea’
Taxpayers’ money was wasted on an unnecessary trip to India in pursuit of the Estina dairy farm project, the commission of inquiry into state capture heard on Thursday.
A 2012 trip to India, taken by former Free State department of agriculture head Peter Thabethe and Ashok Nayaran, the adviser to former premier Ace Magashule, had commission head Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo questioning its merits.
The trip, Thabethe confirmed, was undertaken by his department.
Zondo questioned why Nayaran had to accompany Thabethe on the trip.
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Estina dairy project’s plan ‘inconsistent, unrealistic’, state capture inquiry hears
Agricultural economist Andries Maree has told the commission of inquiry into state capture that it did not make sense to run the Estina dairy project in the Free State, as the area was not conducive to dairy farms.
On Monday, Maree continued his testimony on his analysis of Estina’s proposed business plan and feasibility study on the establishment of the dairy farm.
Most notably, the business plan stated Estina would fund the project in its entirety, but went on to request a R100m grant from the government.
Maree said this was confusing. “If a project is commercially viable and sustainable, why would you request the government to put grants into that? That’s not a reconcilable comment for me.”
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