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A former associate of Deputy President David Mabuza has finally withdrawn a claim for a loss of profit against the Mpumalanga department of agriculture, rural development, land and environmental affairs in a R187 million tender to provide tractors (and maintain them) to subsistence farmers.
This information is contained in an affidavit that department head Cain Chunda deposed to the Hawks on June 7 to persuade them to investigate criminal charges against the officials.
Alleged corruption in the construction of an agrihub in Mpumalanga’s Mkhondo Local Municipality is the reason that, about a decade later, the hub is a white elephant that has not benefited small and commercial farmers.
Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane is suing Mapholoba Letswalo, the former chief financial officer of the provincial department of agriculture, rural development, land and environmental affairs, for R2 million for defamation.
A fired Mpumalanga government official has snubbed an ultimatum to apologise for his allegations linking Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane and the department’s head to corruption.