R10m payment made despite Auditor-General declaring Free State asbestos audit contract irregular Share Johannesburg - One of the three senior government officials charged with fraud, corruption and money laundering alongside ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule approved a R10 million payment despite the Auditor-General declaring the R255m asbestos audit contract irregular. The payment was authorised by Nozipho Molikoe, the chief financial officer of the Free State human settlements department, to controversial businessman Edwin Sodi's company Blackhead Consulting. She was arrested on Thursday with the departmentâs chief engineer Thabiso Makepe and Albertus Venter, an attorney who was a senior official in Magashuleâs office during his tenure as Free State premier.